Production-settings -

Hardcoding a database password or API key inside config/prod.js or appsettings.json is the most common fatal error. Once code is compiled and deployed, that secret is frozen—unless you rebuild and redeploy the entire artifact to change a password.

CREATE TABLE production_settings ( id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, key VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, value TEXT NOT NULL, is_secret BOOLEAN DEFAULT false, updated_by VARCHAR(255), updated_at TIMESTAMP, change_request_id VARCHAR(50) ); production-settings