Production deployment is more than uploading files.
  
  ## A professional checklist
  
  - environment variables for secrets
  - errors hidden from users, logged to files
  - OPcache enabled
  - HTTPS enabled
  - database migrations handled safely
  - backups in place
  
  ## Safe release pattern (simple concept)
  
  ```mermaid
  flowchart TD
    A[Upload new release to new folder] --> B[Run migrations]
    B --> C[Health check]
    C --> D[Switch symlink to new release]
  ```
  
  This reduces downtime and makes rollback easier.
  
  > Next: Final mini project, build a Blog API + Admin login with best practices.

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