Claude, Cursor, Lovable and other AI tools can get a product surprisingly far. I take over when the codebase becomes hard to trust: audit the real state, fix the critical paths, launch safely and keep it alive.
Understand first. Preserve what works. Fix what matters.
No blind rewrite. I establish the actual system state, protect working paths, fix the highest-risk failures and verify the result in the environment that matters.
I take over AI-built and inherited projects
I read the code AI produced, map the real dependencies and identify what is canonical before changing the system.
I trace business-critical paths end to end
Auth, payments, webhooks, database state, runtime, Linux, network and deployment are one system. The symptom is only the starting point.
I leave the system maintainable
A focused fix, regression checks, deployment evidence, rollback and a clear handoff. After launch I can keep the system healthy month to month.
ENGINEERING METHOD
01
INSPECT
Read the code. Inspect logs, runtime and network.
02
REPRODUCE
Trigger the original failure. Capture evidence.
03
ROOT CAUSE
Trace the failure to its actual cause.
04
FIX
Apply the smallest safe change.
05
VERIFY
Retest the symptom, regression and deployment.
06
DELIVER
Return the checked result with evidence and rollback.
A fix is complete only after the original failure has been checked again.
PROBLEMS I SOLVE
Your app already exists. Now it has to survive reality.
Perfect for products assembled with Claude, Cursor, Lovable, Replit or mixed human/AI development — especially when real users, payments and production expose the hard parts.
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AI-built app audit
You have a working demo or early product, but no longer trust the code. I review architecture, auth, secrets, permissions, payments, webhooks, data flows and deployment risk — then rank what must be fixed before growth.
Fix the critical paths that are blocking launch or revenue: auth, roles, API contracts, Stripe/payment flows, webhook idempotency, queues, database state and recurring production bugs.
Turn a codebase that works locally into a controlled production system: CI/CD, Docker/VPS/Vercel/Railway, environment separation, secrets, backups, monitoring, health checks and rollback.
A previous developer left, several branches disagree, or nobody knows what is really deployed. I reconstruct the actual state, preserve valid work and create a safe path forward.
Start with diagnosis. Continue only if it makes sense.
These are starting points, not fixed quotes. Rescue work starts with a bounded diagnosis so you know what is wrong before paying for a larger rebuild or sprint.
Codebase Triage
from $99
Focused diagnosis of one blocking production problem.
Production Audit
from $350
Risk-ranked review of an AI-built or inherited application.
Rescue Sprint
from $900
Critical fixes, regression checks and controlled production delivery.
Production Care
from $299/month
Monitoring, maintenance and incident support after launch.
START A PROJECT
What did AI build — and what stopped being simple?
Describe what the product does, how it was built, what you no longer trust and what must work in production. A repository or public URL is enough to start the conversation.
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