Production lane caution
Treat production env like production access.
Don’t casually Start prod
Pointing local processes at production databases or keys is a common footgun.
Practice
Keep production lane values for rare tasks; default to local. Prefer staging for demos.
See also
Related
- Masked env manager
- Lanes, env profiles, and worktrees
- Env files and secrets in local development
- Env file diff checker
- .env and .env.example checklist: what to commit, ignore, and rotate
- MCP config file locations: where each coding agent reads its servers
- Run & fix guides
- Ports, crashes, and reclaim
- Managed Postgres and Redis
- Docker Compose projects
- Named sessions
- Keyboard shortcuts