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Checklist before you call it shipped

Shipped means you can undo a bad build — not that a prompt looked green. This checklist covers release gates, store steps when they apply, and a written rollback before strangers arrive. Keep the product you built. Call it shipped only when reverse is ready.

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In plain words

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Shipped means the reverse is written. Release gates passed, store steps done when they apply, and rollback practiced enough that a bad build does not strand users. You keep what you built. You invite strangers only when halt is a step — not a hope.

Where “shipped” is wishful

Green preview is not a release

Teams announce launch with no freeze, no owner for halt, and no way back. Fix that first.

  • No freeze on the candidate build

    Prompt edits mid-release invent bugs you cannot name.

  • Store submit without signing ownership

    Open the store-ready page when binaries are involved.

  • Rollback is “redeploy somehow”

    Name the prior artifact and who can promote it.

  • Mixing ship with harden

    Harden wraps risk. Ship releases and undoes. Both needed — different days.

The ship pass

Freeze → gates → promote → halt ready

Undo before invite.

01

Freeze the candidate and name owners

Go and halt people written.

02

Run release gates

Smoke, Auth, critical money paths.

03

Complete store steps if mobile

Signing and labels already company-held.

04

Practice promoting the prior build

That is rollback — not a slide.

How to

How to call a vibe MVP shipped

Reverse ready first.

  1. Step 01

    Freeze the candidate build

    Tag or commit pin. No mid-flight prompts.

  2. Step 02

    Run smoke on stranger-like accounts

    Primary journeys only.

  3. Step 03

    Confirm halt owner and prior artifact

    Who promotes the previous build.

  4. Step 04

    Promote through the real path

    Not a laptop drag-drop if CI exists.

  5. Step 05

    Invite strangers only after halt is tested

    Support knows the reverse.

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Practical answers

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What belongs on a ship checklist before a vibe MVP goes public?

Frozen candidate, smoke on stranger-like accounts, named go and halt owners, prior artifact ready to promote, and store steps complete when a binary is involved.

How do App Store and Play fit a vibe-coding ship checklist?

When you ship a binary, store-ready gates (signing, labels, soak) are required siblings. Web-only ships skip store steps but still need rollback.

What is a minimum rollback story for a vibe-coded release?

A prior artifact you can promote in a known time, a named owner, and a support note for users mid-flight. “Rebuild from a prompt” is not rollback.

Why is undo-ready release not the same job as wrapping risky journeys?

Undo-ready release freezes a candidate, promotes it, and names halt. Wrapping risky journeys locks Auth and secrets on the surface you keep — often days before release. Ownership gates are separate. Three pages, three jobs.

Do not invite strangers until the reverse is written.

Bring the freeze commit and halt owner. We make shipped mean undoable.

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