Skipping Staging Environments: Why Your Reputation Tanks When Client Sites Crash (and Why Sub-Three-Second Load Times Are Non-Negotiable)
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When a client site goes down after a deployment, the fallout is immediate. Panic calls, blame, emergency patches, and worst of all, lost trust. Many teams think skipping a staging environment saves time