Lessons Log

Estate level · version 1.0 · 20 October 2026

IDDateEventLesson / actionApplies to
L-0119 Oct 2026A push that skipped the full local build broke a site’s deployRun the full build locally before every pushAll sites
L-0219 Oct 2026Several workers pushed the same branch in one eveningFetch and rebase right before push; never force-pushAll Git sites
L-0319 Oct 2026Archive snapshots are permanent and publicPrivacy sweep must finish before any Internet Archive save; keep a do-not-archive listBackups
L-0419 Oct 2026The e-book was compiled before the privacy sweepRe-run the privacy scan on any file made before a sweep before publishing itPublications
L-0519 Oct 2026Slide images were chosen by shared words, not by dateMatch media by date; build fails on out-of-period imagesbpvsbuckler
L-0619 Oct 2026Preview builds of unrelated branches queued in front of production deploysTurn off preview builds where not neededCloudflare Pages
L-0719 Oct 2026Platform APIs rate-limit when several workers run at oncePace and back off; one worker per platform taskWorkflows
L-0819 Oct 2026The worker machine’s disk filled with clones and cachesShallow clones, delete afterOperations
L-0920 Oct 2026A site copied from the wiki kept 646 links back to itMake each estate site stand alone; build fails on links to the hosted wikiThis site