Production
In plain terms
The live environment serving real users.
Going deeper
Production is where the application actually runs for end users, making stability, performance, and security paramount. Mistakes here have real impact.
Under the hood
Changes are high-stakes, driving practices like canary releases, monitoring, and careful rollouts.
Examples
Live systems, real-user traffic, prod incidents, deployment targets.
Think of it like...
Like the actual live performance with a real audience, no do-overs without consequences.