Environment Deployment Strategy

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Problem: Need safe deployment practices that prevent accidental production deployments while enabling rapid development iteration.

Solution: Three-tier environment strategy with deployment restrictions.

Pattern

Three Environments:

1. Local (local)
   • Runs on developer machine
   • Uses cloud resources from dev environment
   • Cannot be deployed (no cloud resources)
   • Fast iteration, no deployment wait