Run a pre-mortem; it surfaces surprises early. Log sample payloads (PII redacted) to speed debugging. Quick checklist that saved us time.

Quick checklist that saved us time. Rotate credentials on a calendar, not only after incidents. Run a pre-mortem; it surfaces surprises early.

Legal sign-off took three weeks; budget that into your plan. Optimize observability before model tuning. Adding a datapoint from a Series A fintech I advised.

Quick checklist that saved us time. Ensure sandbox parity to avoid release‑day surprises. Run a pre-mortem; it surfaces surprises early.

Explainability docs unblocked risk within two meetings. Benchmarks lie; production traffic tells the story. We shipped something similar last quarter; notes below.

Quick checklist that saved us time. Run a pre-mortem; it surfaces surprises early. Log sample payloads (PII redacted) to speed debugging.

Legal sign-off took three weeks; budget that into your plan. If the key metric doesn’t move in 14 days, revert. Decide this with numbers, not vibes.

Keep dependencies boring and well‑documented. Small anecdote that might help. We hit rate limits on day three; lightweight caching saved us.

We phased traffic: 5% → 25% → 60% → 100% to de-risk. Bias toward tools the team can actually operate. Quick lesson from a compliance-heavy integration.

Ignore shiny features until you validate ROI. Counterpoint based on what stuck in reality. Watch hidden dependencies that slow audits.