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16 Sep 2026

A Project Secret Should Not Reach Every Service

Store a secret once at project scope, then allow each service only the names it needs. A value access matrix makes rotation and review concrete.

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16 Sep 2026

The Branch That Builds Is a Setting

A push changes a repository, not a release. Compare the local head, tracked branch, built commit and running commit before debugging the app.

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16 Sep 2026

A Dockerfile Nobody Names Does Nothing

A committed Dockerfile can be ignored when the deploy still uses a buildpack. Record the mode, file path and build context before changing code.

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15 Sep 2026

Check the Migration Landed Without Deploying Something to Check It

A green build and a log line do not prove a migration landed. Four SQL statements that do, and the rules an agent follows when it runs them against live data.

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15 Sep 2026

Stopped Is Not Deleted

Stop, delete and destroy leave different things behind. What each verb keeps, why a stopped app still has an address, and a report block for your agent.

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15 Sep 2026

No Backups From the Host Means a Job You Run

A host with no backups has told you where the copy comes from: a job in your project, dumping to storage you own. Two ways by size, and a pg_dump container.

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14 Sep 2026

Let Your Agent Deploy. Tell It When to Stop.

Deploying from an agent session is fast. Give the loop three reasons to stop, name the fixes it may never make, and paste a deploy-loop block into instructions.

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14 Sep 2026

Read the Runtime Before Your Agent Writes the Code

Every host is a contract: writable paths, disk, port, replicas, egress. Read it before your agent picks a stack, with a worksheet you can fill in for any host.

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14 Sep 2026

The Next Agent Session Does Not Know What Is Live

A fresh agent session reads the repository, not the running app. Six facts to read from the host first, and a block to paste into your agent instructions.

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