Make backups you can actually restore
Choose recovery targets, protect every essential part of the product, and rehearse restoration before a real incident.
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Keep a small product and team healthy over time.
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Measure product progress with a small useful metric set
Connect a user outcome to a few interpretable metrics, instrument only necessary events, and combine behavioral data with direct research.
Observe production errors without collecting too much data
Set up a small, privacy-aware production signal set that helps you detect user-visible failures and find their causes.
Operating a small product without losing the plot
A compact operating rhythm for support, reliability, maintenance, and learning that fits a solo builder or small team.
Run a safe production database migration
Plan and deploy schema or data changes while protecting existing records, keeping application versions compatible, and preparing a recovery path.
Run a useful customer-support loop as a solo builder
Give customers a dependable way to get help, resolve issues safely, and turn repeated support requests into product improvements without building a call center.