5 signs your codebase is healthy:
1. New devs ship in week one
2. Deploys are boring
3. Tests fail for real reasons
4. Nobody fears touching the billing code
5. Rollback takes one command
10 dev habits worth keeping:
1. Small PRs
2. Clear commit messages
3. Tests for every bug fix
4. Feature flags over long branches
5. Monitor before you need it
6. Automate the third repeat
7. Review your own diff first
8. Document decisions, not just code
9. Keep dependencies few
10. Leave the code cleaner than you found it
8 reasons founders should lift heavy:
1. Hard things stop feeling hard
2. Progress you can measure
3. Confidence that isn't fake
4. Ego meets reality weekly
5. Patience gets trained
6. Body handles stress better
7. 60 minutes with no Slack
8. Strong founder, longer runway