Resources for solo shippers

Recommended order

1. #0 failure modes
2. Day-of-ship + release log
3. #5/#7 toolchain lanes
4. #8 + #28 signing/config
5. #6 TF ≠ App Store
6. #10/#19 review & IAP
7. #27 support readiness before sale

Full series (#000–#028)

• #0 7 iOS Release Failures That Waste a Week
• #1 Versioning, build numbers, and release-train chaos
• #2 Privacy answers and SDK creep
• #3 Metadata freeze day
• #4 Rollback discipline after a bad build
• #5 The Xcode 26 SDK floor (and beta discipline)
• #6 TestFlight green is not App Store green
• #7 Xcode 27 beta is a lane, not your ship machine
• #8 Signing and provisioning chaos
• #9 dSYMs and crash symbolication
• #10 Review notes and demo accounts
• #11 CI vs local archive drift
• #12 What’s New is an ops document
• #13 Screenshot and preview ops
• #14 Entitlements and capability creep
• #15 Export compliance without the spiral
• #16 Phased release is not a parachute
• #17 Hotfix trains without thrash
• #18 Privacy nutrition label drift
• #19 StoreKit sandbox ops for solo founders
• #20 Release calendar and quiet hours
• #21 Localization freeze for store and app
• #22 Accessibility smoke before you ship
• #23 App size and download ops
• #24 Push notification release checks
• #25 Universal Links and deep link ops
• #26 Analytics event freeze
• #27 Support readiness is a ship gate
• #28 Secrets and config hygiene at release

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Checklists & reference

• Day-of-ship checklist
• Solo iOS release checklist
• Release log template
• Store facts template
• Glossary

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