The first mistake many teams make is assuming that "it works on my machine" implies it will work in production. Production-settings are fundamentally different from development settings in five critical ways:
When DEBUG is False, errors stop showing up in the browser console. If you don't set up logging, you will have no idea when your site crashes. production-settings
"production-settings" is a configuration concept/package name often used to denote environment-specific settings for production deployments. It typically includes values and behaviors optimized for reliability, security, performance, and observability in a live environment. This review assumes the common pattern: a separate production configuration file or module (e.g., production-settings.py, production.yaml, .env.production) used by applications to override defaults used in development. The first mistake many teams make is assuming
When DEBUG is on, the application displays detailed error tracebacks when something crashes. While helpful for developers, this exposes: Production Rule: Ensure DEBUG = False
Production Rule: Ensure DEBUG = False. Always.