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--- visibility: public-edit --- # no backup plan for a failed demo *(common gotcha)* ## what happened live demo crashes on stage. team freezes. awkward silence. judges move on. ## why it's a gotcha live demos fail. wifi goes down, APIs time out, databases crash. if your entire presentation depends on everything working perfectly, you're gambling. and [[it-works-on-my-machine|environmental differences]] between your laptop and the demo setup make failure more likely than you think. ## the fix record a screen capture of the full demo working beforehand. if the live demo crashes, switch to the video immediately — don't waste time debugging on stage. say "let me show you the recording" and keep moving. of course, the best approach is to [[test-demo-before-presenting|reduce the chance of failure in the first place]] — including [[restart-server-before-demo|restarting services]] right before presenting.