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Before launch day, verify your app handles load, test all user flows with fresh accounts, remove debug features, and ensure you can monitor and respond to issues in real-time.",[20,21],"print-button",{},[23,24,27,32,36,40],"checklist-section",{"count":25,"title":26},"4","Pre-Launch Verification",[28,29],"checklist-item",{"description":30,"label":31},"Create a new account from scratch. Verify every step works.","Test complete signup flow",[28,33],{"description":34,"label":35},"Incognito mode, no cached data. This is what new users experience.","Test with fresh browser",[28,37],{"description":38,"label":39},"Admin backdoors, test accounts, verbose logging should be disabled.","Remove all debug features",[28,41],{"description":42,"label":43},"Find obvious vulnerabilities before hackers on PH do.","Run a security scan",[23,45,47,51,55,59],{"count":25,"title":46},"Traffic and Scale",[28,48],{"description":49,"label":50},"Protect against abuse from traffic spikes or bad actors.","Enable rate limiting",[28,52],{"description":53,"label":54},"Can your app handle 10x normal traffic? 100x?","Test under load",[28,56],{"description":57,"label":58},"Connection pool exhaustion is a common PH day failure.","Check database connection limits",[28,60],{"description":61,"label":62},"Offload images, CSS, JS to handle the traffic spike.","Set up CDN for static assets",[23,64,66,70,74,78],{"count":25,"title":65},"Launch Day Operations",[28,67],{"description":68,"label":69},"Error tracking, uptime monitoring, and alerts ready.","Set up real-time monitoring",[28,71],{"description":72,"label":73},"Know how to quickly revert if something goes wrong.","Prepare rollback plan",[28,75],{"description":76,"label":77},"Someone should be ready to respond to issues quickly.","Have team available",[28,79],{"description":80,"label":81},"Make a real small purchase to verify payments work.","Test payment flow (if applicable)",[83,84,85,92],"faq-section",{},[86,87,89],"faq-item",{"question":88},"How much traffic should I expect from Product Hunt?",[13,90,91],{},"A featured product can see 10,000-50,000 visitors on launch day. 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