The Handoff Doc I Wish Every Client Read

Published 2025-10-22 by Faraz Rahimi

A handoff is logins, environments, how to deploy, and who to ping. A ZIP of source is not a handoff.

The Handoff Doc I Wish Every Client Read

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I write where production lives, how to ship, where secrets are, and the one-page architecture. I record a five-minute walkthrough. Future-them, or future-me, will need it on a bad day.

If they have a developer, I schedule a live pass, not just a folder.

Access is a checklist

Domains, DNS, analytics, app stores, cloud dashboards. If my personal account is the owner, I have not handed off. I have rented them my memory.

Bugs after handoff

I define a window. After that, it is a new engagement. Clear beats generous-and-bitter.

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