Deployment & Environment Config

Deployment platform: no fixed default, decide per project

Managed PaaS (Vercel, Render, Fly, Railway) vs self-managed infrastructure depends on the project's actual constraints — client requirements, existing infra, cost model, or specific platform features needed. Default toward managed PaaS when nothing else dictates the choice (less operational burden at solo/small-team scale), but this is a per-project call, not an assumption.

CI/CD floor: basic pipeline on every project

Every project gets a minimum GitHub Actions pipeline, even solo work: