Your v1 smart contract isn't done until it can survive you

Smart contracts: Ship the parachute in v1

Gilad Haimov argues that upgradeability and disaster recovery belong in v1, not v2. He cites Parity's frozen 513,774 ETH, The DAO's hard fork, Audius's storage slot collision, and Kinto's shutdown as proof that immutable contracts fail fatally. He offers a checklist: use UUPS proxies, force the owner to be the upgrader, avoid constructor traps, and maintain storage discipline. AI-generated code, he warns, often omits these safeguards, citing Veracode's 45% vulnerability rate.