From "nothing to do with" to "separate", I'd say we're making progress.

Deployment is how you fix problems with the runtime. Not just availability, shortcomings. I'm not going back and forth about this, there is a relationship here. Man architects, God laughs.

Here's a fun phrase to latch onto: 'escape', production is the test environment we all share.

GitHub goes down, yes, your service remains. For now. We chose to not wait, suggest others don't either. I agree in spirit with the GP. Misfortune is the fortune that never misses.

Their nines aren't yours, you bet.