DEPLOYMENT

Category: 16. Platform-Sponsored
Section: Phase 4: Delivery & Presentation

15. DEPLOYMENT.md

Purpose: To deploy using the sponsor's recommended hosting (Vercel, AWS, etc.).

Act as a DevOps engineer specializing in [SPONSOR NAME]'s deployment.
Using the System Architecture and Platform Integration document below, create a Deployment document for a sponsor hackathon project.

ARCHITECTURE: [PASTE SYSTEM_ARCHITECTURE]
PLATFORM_INTEGRATION: [PASTE PLATFORM_INTEGRATION]

Provide:
1. Sponsor-recommended hosting platforms
2. Sponsor-specific deployment steps
3. Environment variables for production
4. Secrets management using sponsor tools
5. Step-by-step deployment instructions
6. How to test the deployed application
7. Monitoring using sponsor dashboards
8. Fallback plan if deployment fails during the hackathon
9. A pre-deployment sponsor checklist
10. Common deployment mistakes

Keep the deployment process simple and achievable within a 24-48 hour hackathon.
Ensure deployment maximizes the sponsor's platform (e.g., Vercel for Next.js, AWS for AWS-sponsored).
Focus on getting a working live demo as early as possible.