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Practical launch guides

Focused pages for the production gaps repeatedly missed by AI-built apps.

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AI-built app production-readiness checklist

A launch order covering ownership, security, data, revenue and operations.

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Prototype vs production app

What changes when an app receives real users and persistent data.

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Environment variables and secrets

Separate preview and production values, rotate credentials and prevent client exposure.

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Supabase RLS before launch

Treat browser-hidden UI as presentation, not authorization.

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OAuth redirects on custom domains

Align callback URLs across preview and production environments.

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Database migrations for AI-built apps

Version schema changes and avoid editing production tables manually.

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Backups are incomplete without restore tests

Define retention, ownership and recovery objectives.

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Verify payment webhooks

Authenticate events, handle retries and make processing idempotent.

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Transactional email setup

Sender domain, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, templates and bounce handling.

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Monitoring before launch

Capture errors, releases, uptime and owner alerts before traffic arrives.

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Rate limits for AI-built apps

Protect auth, uploads, APIs and model spend from abuse.

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Custom domain launch checklist

DNS ownership, TLS, redirects, canonical host and renewal.

Read time: 6 minOpen file →
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Do you need a staging environment?

Separate risky tests from production data and credentials.

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AI builder lock-in checklist

Check code export, data export, domain ownership and migration path.

Read time: 8 minOpen file →
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Export an AI-built app to GitHub

Establish source ownership, review history and external deploy paths.

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Cold starts and sleeping services

Match hosting behavior to user expectations and background jobs.

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Control AI API costs in production

Rate limits, caching, queuing and budget alerts for LLM apps.

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How to scale an AI-built app

From 10 to 10,000 users: database, caching, CDN and background jobs.

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How to choose an auth provider

Clerk vs Auth0 vs Supabase Auth vs Better Auth for AI apps.

Read time: 7 minOpen file →
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How to take a Lovable app to production

Export, hosting, auth, database, payments and monitoring checklist.

Read time: 10 minOpen file →
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How to deploy a Bolt.new app to production

Code export, hosting choice, environment setup and launch.

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How to deploy a Cursor-built app

Framework selection, hosting, CI/CD and production hardening.

Read time: 9 minOpen file →