The Go-Live Checklist
23 checks before your app takes real users — one per failure mode that
actually takes new apps down: auth, secrets, scaling, cost control, deploys.
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Authentication
01 Broken Auth. Auth is not a feature. It's the foundation. Get it right before anything else, because one breach erases everything else you've built. 02 Auth That Looks Right. A login that works is a claim. A pen test is the proof — run your own before someone else does. 03 Auth At Scale. Auth that works for one user hasn't been tested — it's been demoed. Prove it at scale before scale proves it for you. Secrets & Keys
04 Leaking Secrets. A leaked key isn't a bug — it's an open tab someone else is running up. Scan, scope, and rotate before you ship. Web Vulnerabilities
05 Input Validation. Every input is hostile until validated, every output dangerous until escaped — the AI assumed neither. Supply Chain
06 Dependency Audit. Know what you're connecting to and why — your app is only as secure as its weakest import. Security
07 The Security Checklist. Security isn't a feature you add. It's a checklist you run — every time, on everything. 08 State Of AI Code Security. AI finishes the framing. You still have to inspect the foundation — before customers move in. Scaling
09 The Scaling Cliff. The cliff exists whether or not you look for it. Find it in a load test, or your users find it for you. 10 The API Wall. If your app is fast for you but slow for everyone else, you've already hit the wall — you just don't know it yet. Cost Control
11 Controlling API Costs. A model call without a spending cap is a blank check with your business's name on it. 12 The Prompt Bill. A feature that's free with one user isn't free — it's just unmeasured. Price it after you know the bill, not before. Observability
13 The Logging Black Hole. You can't fix what you can't see — and you can't see what you never recorded. 14 Real Logging. If you can't see what your app is doing, you can't fix what it's doing — logging isn't overhead, it's how you find out before your users do. Database
15 The Database Time Bomb. You can rebuild code. You can't rebuild lost data. Deployment
16 Deployment Roulette. Deployments shouldn't require luck. If it isn't reproducible, it isn't a process — it's a bet. Release
17 Feature Flags. Deploying and releasing are two different decisions. Don't let one deploy make both of them for you. Testing
18 The Demo Trap. If you've only ever tested the happy path, you haven't tested the app — you've tested the demo. Production Readiness
19 The 80 Percent Wall. 80% is a demo. 100% is a business. The distance between them is a checklist, not a mystery — run it before you charge anyone for access. Architecture
20 API-First Architecture. AI-native isn't a feature you bolt on — it's an architecture that assumed non-human consumers from day one. 21 You Can’t Bolt AI On. If your platform can't tell an agent what just happened, no agent can help it. Compliance
22 Passing App Review. Passing review on the first try is cheaper than every resubmission after it. Documentation
23 Built To Hand Off. If it can't survive you handing it to someone else, it isn't finished — it's just running.
Each check is the rule line of a one-page doc
The full doctrine explains each failure mode — what breaks, why you never see it
coming, and the concrete run-it-yourself checks behind every box above. 23 one-page
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