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Ask HN: How do founders demo real product without exposing sensitive data?
Pitching soon and want to show the real thing, not a sanitized environment. How do you handle sensitive during live demos?
The problem: investors want to see your actual product working with real data, but showing real dashboards means exposing credentials, API keys, client data, or internal systems on a shared screen.
The usual options all have problems: - Demo environment with fake data → looks staged, kills credibility - Real product with real data → security risk, one screenshot away from an incident - Pre-recorded walkthrough → can't answer specific questions or show interactivity
Curious how others handle this. Do you just accept the risk? Build sophisticated demo infrastructure? Something else entirely?