The handover for Valvanti Building Supplies
Everything that's yours, and where to find it. For the family who run Valvanti Building Supplies, from Sarat at Asymmetrica. January 2027.
The new books have run alongside the notebooks for eight weeks, and the balances match. Here is everything you now own. We tick each line together on handover day.
Accounts in your name
All opened with the business's email. I've been removed from every one.
| Account | What it's for | Ticked |
|---|---|---|
| The business email | Where every reset link arrives. | ☐ |
| Code hosting (GitHub) | The app's code and its full history. Private. | ☐ |
| Tally | Unchanged, and still your accountant's. | ☐ |
Keys and passwords
Listed here, never written here. They're in a sealed envelope in the Bicholim safe, with a copy at the owner's home.
| What | Who holds it | Ticked |
|---|---|---|
| Computer logins, both places | The owner and the counter staff. | ☐ |
| Each person's app login | One each, so the app knows who billed what. | ☐ |
| The app's owner password | The owner and the manager. | ☐ |
| GitHub login and recovery codes | The owner. | ☐ |
| Backup drives' password | The owner. | ☐ |
On handover day, with you watching, I changed every password I'd used. I have no way in unless you give me one.
The code, and a guide
The code is in your GitHub account and on every night's backup. Beside it is a plain-English guide for any decent developer: how the app works, how the two places keep in step, how to install it and restore a backup, and what I'd do next. You're never stuck with me.
Backups
| What happens | When | Ticked |
|---|---|---|
| Each place copies everything to its backup drive. | Every night, at closing. | ☐ |
| Someone swaps that drive with the one at home. | Every Monday. | ☐ |
| We restored a backup onto a spare laptop and billed from it. | Handover day. Twenty minutes. | ☐ |
If a computer dies, the guide's first page says what to do. You lose, at most, that place's sales since the last close. Until then, bill in the notebook like before.
Monthly care, if you want it
₹8,000 a month for both places: updates, small fixes, a monthly look at the backups, and a person to message. New features are priced separately. Stop any time; the current month runs to its end.
Signed for
The owner, for Valvanti Building Supplies