Why it matters
Use SBOMs, dependency scanning and least-privilege pipelines to make release risk visible.
Start a technical decision with business constraints. Establish who will operate the solution, how success will be measured and what happens when it fails.
When to reconsider
Security gates that nobody triages create false confidence.
A practical first step
Choose one representative workflow. Measure the baseline, compare at least two options and record the trade-offs in an ADR. Expand only after validating the result.
Start with a technical conversation
dotnet new webapi -n YourNextChapter