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id: https://webdevtoday.com/writing/software-that-survives-the-demo/
title: Software that survives the demo
summary: A practical standard for turning a promising prototype into a dependable business system.
datePublished: 2026-10-02
author: Jason Brashear
key_points:
  - Design failure paths as part of the product
  - Make AI authority and human review boundaries visible
  - Treat deployment, access, monitoring, backup, and recovery as product work
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