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# When human meets canary

Bol.com pushed automated canary deployments, but engineers hesitated. Discover how this failed tooling adoption exposed shaky architectures and catalyzed a wholesale transformation toward true continuous delivery.

- **Speakers:** [Sonja Nesic](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@sonja-nesic)
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe
- **Published:** July 10, 2026
- **Duration:** 27:02
- **URL:** https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100233-when-human-meets-canary
- **Thumbnail URL:** https://customer-goifxnzhrq3d0d54.cloudflarestream.com/f32b54b45c650db29474855b4cfb1748/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg?time=56480ms

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