Version control your project folder.

Reference cases (e.g. JIRA or GitHub issue tickets) in commits

Make sure to have a backup and restore strategy, and test it.

Run continuous integration

Set up lifecycle environments (development, test, acceptance, production)

Deploy Hop Server using one of the documented patterns

Schedule production runs with an external scheduler, not the Start action’s repeat option

Test your pipelines with unit tests. Run all your unit tests regularly, validate the results & take action if needed