Practical launch guides
Focused pages for the production gaps repeatedly missed by AI-built apps.
AI-built app production-readiness checklist
A launch order covering ownership, security, data, revenue and operations.
Read time: 12 minOpen file →GUIDEPrototype vs production app
What changes when an app receives real users and persistent data.
Read time: 8 minOpen file →GUIDEEnvironment variables and secrets
Separate preview and production values, rotate credentials and prevent client exposure.
Read time: 7 minOpen file →GUIDESupabase RLS before launch
Treat browser-hidden UI as presentation, not authorization.
Read time: 9 minOpen file →GUIDEOAuth redirects on custom domains
Align callback URLs across preview and production environments.
Read time: 6 minOpen file →GUIDEDatabase migrations for AI-built apps
Version schema changes and avoid editing production tables manually.
Read time: 8 minOpen file →GUIDEBackups are incomplete without restore tests
Define retention, ownership and recovery objectives.
Read time: 7 minOpen file →GUIDEVerify payment webhooks
Authenticate events, handle retries and make processing idempotent.
Read time: 9 minOpen file →GUIDETransactional email setup
Sender domain, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, templates and bounce handling.
Read time: 7 minOpen file →GUIDEMonitoring before launch
Capture errors, releases, uptime and owner alerts before traffic arrives.
Read time: 8 minOpen file →GUIDERate limits for AI-built apps
Protect auth, uploads, APIs and model spend from abuse.
Read time: 7 minOpen file →GUIDECustom domain launch checklist
DNS ownership, TLS, redirects, canonical host and renewal.
Read time: 6 minOpen file →GUIDEDo you need a staging environment?
Separate risky tests from production data and credentials.
Read time: 5 minOpen file →GUIDEAI builder lock-in checklist
Check code export, data export, domain ownership and migration path.
Read time: 8 minOpen file →GUIDEExport an AI-built app to GitHub
Establish source ownership, review history and external deploy paths.
Read time: 7 minOpen file →GUIDECold starts and sleeping services
Match hosting behavior to user expectations and background jobs.
Read time: 6 minOpen file →GUIDEControl AI API costs in production
Rate limits, caching, queuing and budget alerts for LLM apps.
Read time: 9 minOpen file →GUIDEHow to scale an AI-built app
From 10 to 10,000 users: database, caching, CDN and background jobs.
Read time: 8 minOpen file →GUIDEHow to choose an auth provider
Clerk vs Auth0 vs Supabase Auth vs Better Auth for AI apps.
Read time: 7 minOpen file →GUIDEHow to take a Lovable app to production
Export, hosting, auth, database, payments and monitoring checklist.
Read time: 10 minOpen file →GUIDEHow to deploy a Bolt.new app to production
Code export, hosting choice, environment setup and launch.
Read time: 10 minOpen file →GUIDEHow to deploy a Cursor-built app
Framework selection, hosting, CI/CD and production hardening.
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