Add a production readiness checklist for new releases

[robertocarlous]

Why
The repo has a lot of operational knowledge spread across docs. A single release checklist would make deployments more repeatable and reduce missed steps.

Acceptance criteria

• Include database, secrets, observability, and rollback checks.
• Link to the exact scripts or commands used in each step.
• Make it easy to copy into a release ticket or PR template.

[Tobi-8]

Hey maintainer, i have looked through your description, and i have had experience in this type of issue.
kindly assign

[femiolutayo]

I want to apply for this issue because a well-structured production readiness checklist helps reduce deployment risk, improves consistency across releases, and makes operational knowledge accessible to the entire team. With my experience working on software delivery workflows, documentation, and deployment processes, I can create a clear, actionable checklist covering database migrations, secrets management, observability, validation, and rollback procedures, while linking each step to the relevant scripts and commands for easy adoption in release tickets and PR templates.

[Ebenezer199914]

can i work this