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Ship your first AI-built app: a practical checklist
It works on your machine. That is not the same as being ready for other people. Use this checklist before you call it live.
Before you share it
- Read the code that touches money, logins or personal data.
- Remove any secrets from the repository and rotate any that leaked.
- Test the main path with a fresh account.
- Try bad input: empty fields, very long text, the wrong file type.
Make it recoverable
- Keep it in version control.
- Know how to roll back a bad deploy.
- Back up anything users create.
Make it understandable
- A short description of what it does.
- A screenshot or a short video.
- A way for people to tell you something is broken.
Move through the stages openly
Start as an idea, move to building, open a beta to a few people, then go live. Say so in your log at each step. Early users are more forgiving when they know where you are.
After launch
- Write the launch entry and mark it as a milestone.
- Watch what people actually do.
- Fix the one thing that blocks most of them first.
Keep your own build log
Write numbered entries, follow other builders, and let people watch your idea become real.
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