AI-Built App Rescue

If your AI-built v1 breaks under real users, that's a fixable problem.

You built it in Lovable, Bolt, v0, Cursor, or Replit. It works in the demo. Then a real customer logged in, something leaked, something crashed, and nobody can tell you why. I take AI-generated codebases to production without throwing away what you have.

$1,500 audit, two-week turnaround

Fixed-price rescue, typically $15K–$50K

Your UI stays the same

Get a Code Audit ↗ How It Works ↓

Example

The kind of thing I find in week one

AI tools are great at making something work. They're bad at knowing what happens when the wrong person is on the other end of the request.

Before · shipped by the AI tool

// client-side component
const res = await fetch("https://api.vendor.com/v1/charge", {
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer sk_live_8f2…" },
  body: JSON.stringify({ amount, customerId })
});

After · server-side, behind auth

// app/api/charge/route.ts
export async function POST(req) {
  const user = await requireUser(req);
  const body = ChargeSchema.parse(await req.json());
  return vendor.charge({ ...body, customerId: user.customerId },
    { apiKey: process.env.VENDOR_KEY });
}

Process

Four steps to production

Code audit

Two weeks. Security, stability, data model, deploy pipeline. You get a written report whether or not you continue.

Prioritized fix plan

What's critical, what's important, what can wait. A fixed price. You approve before anything changes.

Fix and harden

Auth, input validation, error handling, tests, query optimization, secrets management. Same UI, solid foundation.

Deploy and watch

CI/CD, monitoring, backups, and a first-week watch after launch so nothing surprises you.

Common Issues

What usually needs fixing

Security gaps

Hardcoded secrets and API keys
Missing or client-side-only auth
No input validation
Open database rules

Stability problems

Crashes on edge cases
No error handling or retries
Race conditions on writes
Zero test coverage

Scalability debt

N+1 queries
Everything in one giant file
No migrations, no backups
Deploys by hand

Tools I work with regularly: Cursor, Lovable, v0, Bolt, Replit, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and general LLM-generated code.

Compare

Fix it yourself vs. agency vs. Product Advantage

	Keep prompting	Dev agency	Product Advantage
Timeline	Indefinite	6–12 weeks	2–6 weeks
Cost	Your time, plus the breach	$20K–$80K+	$1,500 audit, then $15K–$50K fixed
Who touches the code	You and the model	Whoever is on the bench	One senior engineer
Your UI	Keeps drifting	Often rebuilt	Stays the same
Afterwards	Same problem next month	Maintenance contract	Code you or any engineer can maintain

FAQ

Rescue questions

What is "vibe coding"?

Building software by describing what you want to an AI tool and accepting what it produces. It's a fast way to get to a working demo and a slow way to find out what the demo doesn't handle.

Can my app actually be fixed, or does it need a rebuild?

Usually fixed. Most AI-built apps have a reasonable UI and a fragile backend. The audit tells you which. If a rebuild is genuinely cheaper, the report says so and I'll quote that instead.

How long does a rescue take?

The audit is two weeks. Rescues typically run 2–6 weeks after that, depending on what the audit finds.

What does it cost?

The audit is a flat $1,500. Rescues are fixed price, typically $15,000–$50,000. You approve the scope before any fix work starts.

Will my UI change?

No. The goal is the same product with a backend that doesn't fall over. Visual changes happen only if you ask for them.

What if I keep building with AI tools afterwards?

Good. The rescue leaves you with structure, tests, and guardrails so the tools produce better output. I'll show you how to prompt within that structure.

Get a code audit.

Two weeks, a written report, and a fixed price for whatever it finds.

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