Vibe coded app rescue
A vibe coded app built with Lovable, Bolt, Replit or Cursor usually breaks in the same few places: access rules, secret keys, payments, data and deployment. We audit the code, fix those gaps, add tests and deploy it properly, keeping everything that already works. The code stays yours throughout.
AI builders are very good at the visible part: screens, forms, a working demo. The remaining work does not show in a demo, and it is exactly what real users, payments and attackers find. These are the eight places we check first.
Hiding a button is not security. If the server does not check who is asking, anyone can call the API directly and read or change another user's data. Every request needs an ownership check on the server or in the database.
In a Supabase app the browser talks to the database with a public key, and Row Level Security is what limits it. Supabase's guide says to enable RLS on every table in an exposed schema; without it, a table is readable and writable by any role with a grant on it. A policy that allows everything has the same effect.
Anything in frontend code can be read by a visitor. A Supabase secret key bypasses every Row Level Security policy, and payment or AI provider keys let strangers spend your money. Secrets belong on the server, and a leaked key must be replaced, not just moved.
Unlocking a purchase when the customer reaches the "success" page fails whenever they close the tab early. Stripe's documentation says you can't rely on the landing page alone and that webhooks are the most reliable confirmation, with the webhook signature verified.
When the AI regenerates a file, nothing tells you what else changed. Without automated tests on the critical paths (sign-up, payment, the core action) every prompt is a gamble. This is usually the moment founders say they have hit a wall.
Tables edited by hand or by prompts drift away from what the code expects. Without migrations stored in the repository you cannot rebuild the database, create a safe test copy or undo a bad change.
Many prototypes have a single live version: no staging copy, no backup anyone has tried to restore, no error monitoring. The first you hear of a problem is an email from a user.
Queries that load whole tables, missing indexes and AI API calls without limits go unnoticed with ten test users and get expensive with a thousand. Rate limits and a few indexes usually solve most of it.
You do not need us to find the biggest risks. Go through this list with your app open. Every "no" or "not sure" is worth fixing before you invite real users, whoever does the fixing.
Get a free project estimate in 24hA rescue is not a rewrite. Most prototypes have a usable interface and a sensible data model, and throwing them away wastes the money and thinking you have already put in. We decide part by part.
| What we find | What we do | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Screens work, but the code is repetitive | Keep, and tidy as we touch it | Users have already validated it, and repetition is cheap to clean up later |
| Data model is sound, access rules are missing | Keep, add rules and migrations | The structure is right; only the protection is missing |
| Business logic runs in the browser | Move it to the server | Anything in the browser can be changed by the user |
| Login or payments are hand-built | Replace with the provider's standard flow | These are the parts where a mistake costs money or data |
| Data model fights the product, with duplicated or untyped data | Rebuild that part and migrate the data | Otherwise every new feature pays the same cost again |
| Nobody can explain what a module does | Rewrite it with tests | Code that cannot be understood cannot be reviewed or trusted |
You get this as a written list with priorities before any fixing starts, so you decide how far to go: only the security gaps, a full production setup, or a rebuild of one part.
All work happens in your own repository, and you see a working demo every week.
A link or the repository, plus a few lines on what is broken and what you want it to do. You get a scope, a timeline range and an estimate within 24 hours.
A senior engineer reads the code and checks the eight areas above. You receive a written fix list, ordered by risk.
Access rules, exposed keys and payment handling are fixed before anything else, and leaked keys are replaced.
Database migrations, automated tests on the critical paths and a staging copy, so later changes stop breaking earlier ones.
Deployment on your domain with monitoring and backups, released in small steps so the live app keeps running.
Documentation for your own developers, or we continue with new features on the same weekly rhythm.
Usually not. In most rescues the interface and much of the data model stay, and the work goes into access rules, secrets, payments, tests and deployment. We rebuild a part only when keeping it would cost more than replacing it, and you see that reasoning in the fix list before work starts.
Editors such as Cursor work directly on the repository, so yes, and the tests we add make AI-assisted changes much safer. With hosted builders it depends on whether the tool can keep working from your repository. We check this during the audit and tell you before changing anything that would break your workflow.
Access to the code, either the repository or an export from the builder, and a short description of what is broken and what the app should do. Access to hosting and the database is only needed once fixing begins.
No. We work on a separate staging copy and release changes to the live app in small steps. A change that needs a data migration is scheduled with you in advance.
We take a backup before touching the database and test every migration on a copy first. If the audit shows that user data was exposed, we tell you immediately, because you may have legal duties to act, for example under the GDPR.
Then we say so and explain why. You get an estimate for a clean rebuild that reuses your designs, your data model and everything you learned from the prototype, and you decide which way to go.
APIs, databases, payments and integrations, with a security baseline and a guide to choosing a managed backend or your own API.
SaaS products, dashboards and client portals built with React and Next.js, with a clear definition of production-ready.
Launch a focused first version in weeks: scope cut to what matters, built with AI tools and reviewed by engineers.
Share a link or the repository and a few lines about what is broken. Within 24 hours you get a scope, a timeline range and a fixed estimate — free, with no obligation.
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