APRF v0.10.0 · practice notes
Guides
How-to articles for the failure modes APRF gates against—secrets, spend, restore, observability, and delivery. Use them with the framework, Core Profile, and assessment.
Security
Auth, secrets, injection, and tool safety — APRF Security domain.
AI Production Readiness Framework
APRF pillars
- API Abuse Real Example: The Cost
- API Gateway Rate Limiting in AWS
- What Happens If Your API Key Is Leaked?
- API Key Exposed in Frontend: What to Do Right Now
- Why API Keys Should Not Be in Frontend
- AWS Secrets Manager vs Parameter Store
- Cloudflare Rate Limiting for APIs
- How to Detect API Abuse Patterns
- IAM Least Privilege Example: AWS Simple
- JWT vs API Key Authentication
- How to Prevent AI API Abuse
- How to Prevent API Abuse Without Authentication
- Public API Without Rate Limiting: The Risks
- How to Rotate API Keys Safely
- How to Secure API Keys in JavaScript Frontend
- How to Secure Your OpenAI API Key
- How to Stop API Scraping Attacks
Cybersecurity
Checklists, WAF, SOC 2, and access patterns that support APRF Security & Governance.
AI Production Readiness Framework
APRF pillars
Reliability
Backups, restore, and continuity — APRF Reliability domain.
AI Production Readiness Framework
APRF pillars
- Backup Restore Testing: Best Practices
- What Happens If Backups Fail to Restore?
- Database Backup Never Tested: The Risk
- Database Backup Strategy Best Practices
- RDS Backup Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
- Runbook Template for Production Outages
- Why Small SaaS Apps Crash in Production
- What Breaks When Traffic Spikes in SaaS?
Observability
Traces, metrics, and detection — APRF Observability & Performance.
Cost Control
Spend ceilings and bill spikes — APRF Cost domain.
FinOps
Budgets and anomaly alerts that operationalize APRF Cost checks.
DevOps & Platform
Delivery and platform habits — APRF Change Management & Platform Engineering.
Assess against APRF Core
Run the Core Profile quiz — gated pass/fail blockers for AI production readiness, not a vanity score.