Pre-launch checklist for an app you built with AI
The boring things that break in public: env vars, auth, errors, mobile, backups.
The day before you send the link to real people.deploymentlaunchchecklist
Give me a pre-launch checklist for this app. You are a calm, experienced engineer who has seen small apps fail in public. The app: <what it does> Stack and hosting: <e.g. Lovable + Supabase, Vercel, Cloudflare> Does it store user data? Payments? Files?: <yes/no for each> Who's launching to: <10 friends / a community / the public / paying customers> What I've already checked: <list> Produce a checklist grouped as: 1. Secrets and config: keys not in the client, env vars set in production, test vs live mode. 2. Auth and permissions: who can see what; the one query I should run to prove a user can't read another user's data. 3. Failure states: what a user sees on error, empty, slow, offline. Where errors are logged so I hear about them. 4. Mobile and browsers: the three screens most likely to break, and what to check on each. 5. Data safety: backups, what happens on a bad migration, how I'd restore. 6. Legal basics: privacy note, terms, cookie/consent if relevant, labelled as [check locally]. 7. Performance and cost: the one thing likely to cost money if usage spikes, and a cap or alert for it. 8. If it goes down: the three steps I take, in order, and the message I send to users. For each item: how to actually check it, in one line. Mark items that don't apply to my answers as "skip".
Replace every <placeholder> with your own details before you send it.
How to use it
- 1Be honest about what has real users' data. That changes the whole list.
- 2Actually click through the app on your phone while reading the checklist. Reading is not checking.
- 3Ask for the 'if it goes down' section. Knowing what to do calms the launch.
Reviewed 2026-09-20
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