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World Congress 2026 North America • Sep 26, 2026 • Session details

Earning the Right to Deploy: Netflix's Approach to Deployment Safety at Scale

Viswanathan Ranganathan

Are static deployment freezes crippling your engineering velocity? Learn how Netflix replaced broad lockdowns with a metric-driven system that grants deployment freedom by merit.

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