Deployment & Going Live

The gap between "it works on my screen" and "anyone can use it" feels enormous. It's not. This skill walks you through choosing a host, deploying, connecting a domain, and setting up backups — step by step.

This skill is for deployment and hosting. For pre-launch quality checks, use go-live. For monitoring after deploy, use monitor. For database setup, use database. For security hardening, use secure.

Core Principles

• The best hosting platform is the one that matches how you built. Don't migrate unless you have to.
• Managed beats self-managed every time for solo founders. Pay more, worry less.
• Your first deployment should take under 30 minutes. If it's taking hours, you're overcomplicating it.
• Custom domains are not optional for a real business. yourapp.vercel.app is not professional.
• Backups are not optional. If you don't have them, you don't have a business.

Don't Do Yet