Explore user-centric canary deployments in this 15-minute conference talk from PlatformCon 2024. Delve into risk mitigation strategies and address challenges such as backward compatibility, scaling, and post-deployment issues. Learn how to move beyond traditional percentage allocation approaches to focus on crucial user experience factors. Discover techniques for leveraging user segmentation, implementing release rings for SaaS providers, offering opt-ins for new features, and adopting the expand and contract pattern for database alterations. Gain insights into optimizing canary deployments to ensure targeted traffic redirection to new code iterations while prioritizing user satisfaction and minimizing disruptions.