BEFORE YOU GO LIVE
DOCTRINE No. 07Security

Enterprise apps pass a security checklist before launch. Yours passes vibes.

Every serious product goes through a pre-launch security review — dozens of items, checked one by one, every release. Most solo builders run zero of them. Not because they're lazy, but because nobody ever showed them the list.

The app works, the demo went great, you ship. Then an unvalidated input takes down a route, an unhandled error leaks a stack trace with your database connection string in it, a scraper hits your API ten thousand times an hour, and your only backup turns out to be the code on your laptop. None of these are exotic attacks. They're ordinary failures a checklist catches in an afternoon — and all of them are invisible until you go looking.

You don't need a security team. You need a consistent system you run on everything you ship, every time. Auth is the first item on it (that's Docs 01–03). Here are the next ones.

Two checks from this doctrine

Real value, not a teaser — two of the 5 checks in full. The rest are in the one-pager.

Encrypt everything in transit and at rest.HTTPS on every route, not just login. Sensitive fields encrypted in the database. If a secret or personal data travels or sleeps in plaintext, that's a finding.
Rate-limit every public endpoint.Anything reachable without a login — forms, APIs, webhooks — gets a request cap. No limit means anyone can hammer it until your bill or your server gives out.
The full Doctrine No. 07: The Security Checklist one-pager has all 5 checks — 3 more beyond the two above — laid out as a branded, printable page you can run down before you ship. Get it for $5 →
Security isn't a feature you add. It's a checklist you run — every time, on everything.
The full one-pager

Doctrine No. 07: The Security Checklist

All 5 checks on one branded, printable page — the run-it-yourself list for security before you go live. Instant PDF download, yours to keep.

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