Hello everyone,

After countless nights spent working on my side project, I’m now preparing to onboard pilot users from a potential customer. I’m seeking advice and pointers on how to create a solid production-readiness checklist and improve the reliability of my Absinthe GraphQL API.

Here’s some context:

• Backend: Elixir/Phoenix with Absinthe GraphQL API
• Frontend: JavaScript Single Page Application (SPA)
• Infrastructure: Fully containerized, running on Kubernetes

I’m particularly interested in:

1. Best practices for monitoring and observability (metrics, tracing, logging)
2. Effective error handling and resilience patterns
3. Load testing and performance optimization strategies
4. Security considerations specific to GraphQL and containerized applications
5. Any common pitfalls or lessons learned from your own production deployments

If you’ve had experience launching a similar stack or have insights into reliably scaling Absinthe APIs, your input would be incredibly valuable.

Thank you in advance!