POV · Guide
Architecture & security checklist
A dated field guide — what we look for before launch, fundraise, or scale-up.
Architecture
- Clear service / module boundaries and ownership
- Data flow documented (reads, writes, events)
- Failure modes identified for critical paths
- Environments (dev / staging / prod) actually match
Security
- Authn/authz model reviewed for privilege creep
- Secrets not in source; rotation path exists
- Dependency and image scanning in CI
- Sensitive data classified and access-logged
Delivery & quality
- CI runs tests and lint on every PR
- Deployments are repeatable (not tribal knowledge)
- Rollback path known and practiced
- Observability: logs, metrics, alerts on user-facing failures
Reliability
- Backups tested, not just configured
- Rate limits / abuse controls where public
- On-call or owner for production incidents
- Performance budgets for critical user journeys
More open playbooks on /playbooks.
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