{"slug":"kill-switch-design","title":"Building the kill switch","summary":"Most kill switches are theater. Here is how to build one that survives a 3am incident.","lede":"Most kill switches are theater. They look reassuring on a slide and have never been pulled at production scale.","date":"2026-05-03","reading_time":"5 min","category":"Developer","tags":["kill switch","revocation","incident response"],"image":"https://cdn.twc.sh/images/igcache/Kill%20Switch%20Design/1500_900/blog.jpg","url":"/blog/kill-switch-design.html","wordcount":700,"related":["delegation-tokens-explained","ai-act-article-14-playbook","audit-trail-design"],"schema":"Article"}