After the demo · Own the run
The demo already clicks. Ready to run means someone else can ship the same app tomorrow — code on org Git, secrets outside the chat, a start path that boots without your laptop, and a way back if the first public build wobbles. We name those gates in plain English before you spend on ads.
30 min · senior team · leave with a clear next step
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Review methodologyIn plain words
Ready to run is not a prettier demo. It means the app boots from a clean checkout, secrets sit outside the builder chat, and a second person can ship without opening your laptop. You keep the flows you already proved. You are done when the next change leaves org Git — not when one more prompt looks green.
Where “it works” fools people
You do not need a rewrite to call it ready. You do need ownership of code, data, secrets, and a start path that does not depend on one warm chat session.
Preview hides missing env, lockfiles, and Auth callbacks that only work on localhost.
Anything only in chat or a personal .env is not a safe home for public users.
If a teammate cannot clone, install, and start without your laptop open, you are not ready.
The first public build will wobble. Name the rollback before strangers arrive.
The calm gate list
We do not ban the builder mid-sprint. We make org Git and a host you control the place real releases come from — after a practiced start.
01
Someone else can clone. Main is protected where you use review.
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Mint fresh values. Rotate anything that touched the demo session.
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No leftover builder context. Auth points at the real origin.
04
Name sample accounts and the primary journey. Time-box how long demo-only ship is allowed.
How to
Walk the gates once. Success is a practiced cold start plus a written way back.
Step 01
Chat-held secrets, laptop-only start, personal Git logins.
Step 02
Lockfiles pinned. Secret names sealed. Start command written down.
Step 03
Odd roles, empty screens, cold clone.
Step 04
Compare what people see. Freeze the working tree at switch time.
Step 05
Support knows demo-era gaps. Keep one release path.
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Code on an org remote with lockfiles pinned, secrets outside chat, a cold install that boots without your laptop, Auth pointed at the real origin, and a written rollback. A green preview alone is never enough.
Ready to run names the ownership and start gates. Hardening wraps risky money and data journeys on the surface you keep. Ship checklist covers release and rollback steps. Three jobs — do not merge them.
Yes. Pin lockfiles, put secrets on the host, practice one cold start, and name who can merge. That is enough to leave demo-only ship behind.
Treat live as the audit target. Close secrets and cold start first, then decide harden vs rewrite from what still breaks — do not buy more traffic until ownership is real.
Bring the demo tree, lockfiles, and a few test accounts. We name what “ready” still lacks — and the way back while the first public build settles.
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