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The Walls That Stop A Prototype: Signing, SDK Mismatch And The Review Queue
On a one-week prototype the schedule risk is almost never the code. It is platform gatekeeping: code signing and notarisation, a mobile SDK version mismatch inside the client's own runtime, and a review queue that runs on a timetable nobody controls. Each of these is usually discovered on day four, and each can cost more than the build. The fix is to hit all three deliberately on day one, before writing the thing they will block.