Vibe-Coded App to Production
Vibe-Coded → Production · Fixed-Price Production Spec · You Own Everything
Your Vibe-Coded App Works. Now It Has to Survive Real Users.
The demo lands. People start depending on it. And nobody's sure it will hold. That's a normal moment — not a failure — and it's the one we're built for.
I built something that works — and I'm scared to touch it.
Real people are using it now, and I can't tell if our data is safe.
The person who vibe-coded it has moved on.
It fell over once already. I don't know why, or if it'll happen again.
Built It in Lovable, Replit, Bolt, or v0? That's Exactly What We Harden.
You got to a working app fast with a vibe-coding tool — Lovable, Replit, Bolt.new, v0, Cursor, Bubble, or DataButton. Getting it to hold up in production is a different job. That one's ours.
Does this sound familiar?
You Shipped Something That Works. Now It Has to Hold.
Recognize three or more? You're in the moment this page is about — and it's a normal one, not a failure.
Real users depend on it now
Nobody's sure how to deploy it
There's no login or access model
It fell over once already
Credentials live in the code
You can't answer "is our data safe?"
Sound like you? That's the AI-built prototype gap — and it's crossable.
Why this happens
It Isn't Your Team's Fault. It's the Shape of the Tools.
AI made getting to a working demo nearly free — genuinely new, and a good thing. The catch is what it leaves out.
What AI makes nearly free
- A working demo, fast
- First-pass UI and scaffolding
- Boilerplate and glue code
What it doesn't — and production needs
- A real security and access model
- Tests, observability, and a deploy path
- Architecture a second engineer can own
Vibe coding gets you to "it works on my screen." The demo and the durable system are two different jobs — and the second one is ours.
The standard
What "Production-Ready" Actually Means
Seven dimensions to measure any prototype — and any quote — against. Screenshot it. Hold every vendor, including us, to it.
Security & access
Data integrity
Architecture
Test coverage
Observability & alerting
A real deploy path
The seventh: documented ownership — you own the code, the repo, and the infrastructure, and you can hand them to anyone.
Watch: How We Turn an AI-Built Prototype Into a System That Holds
The wedge
Start With a Fixed-Price Production Spec.
Comparing a build quote to near-zero AI-tool spend is the wrong compare. A fixed-price Production Spec is a decision you can make without a committee — and the deliverable is yours whether or not you hire us to build.
Production Spec
Start hereTypically weeks, not months
A scoped engagement that answers one question — is this buildable and safe as it stands, and what will it really take to get it there — and hands you the written answer.
- Findings, risk ranking, and a remediation plan
- A build estimate you can take to a budget conversation
- A senior-engineer level-of-effort estimate
- The whole Spec is yours — even if you never hire us
Free Consultation
Not sure a Production Spec is the right first step? Talk it through with a senior engineer and leave knowing which step makes sense next and what it costs — whether or not it's us.
- A senior person, not a sales rep
- A straight answer on salvage vs. rebuild
- A scoped next step and what it costs
The Production Spec is yours outright — take it to any team. You own the code, the repo, and the infrastructure — always.
How it runs
No Black Box. Senior Engineers in the Loop.
A fixed-scope path from "is it safe?" to "it holds." AI is used under engineering discipline — not instead of it. You own everything at every step.
1 · Production Spec
Fixed price. Fixed scope.
2 · Harden or Rebuild
Whatever the audit says — no more, no less.
3 · Operate (optional)
We can run it with you.
The Direct Proof — Fixed-Price Engagements That Shipped
Marketplace MVP Spec
AI-built idea → a buildable spec and a working host prototype in six weeks. Max client exposure: $2,500.
See Case StudyPOWER Pickleball League
A $5,000 fixed-price Spec produced a complete specification — and the confidence to decline a build that wasn't worth it. No change orders.
See Case StudyUnified Commerce Production Spec
Four sites, one board-ready prototype for $2,500 — proof leadership could click through instead of a 40-page deck.
See Case StudyAnd When It Has to Hold Up at Scale
Lighthouse
Internal tool → 10,000+ daily users.
See Case Study
AutomaticFFL
A compliance idea → the de facto FFL-checkout standard on BigCommerce. 100% uptime over five years.
See Case Study
Warranty Portal (Service Industry)
Brittle internal tool → modern app. Eliminated the monthly developer dependency. Still low-maintenance five years on.
See Case StudyQuestions We Get Before the Call
Pick your next step
Three Ways to Start — You Choose the Commitment.
Every one of them ends with something concrete. None of them is a long-term contract.
Fixed-price Production Spec
A scoped Production Spec that tells you what a build really takes — a finished document you own outright, whoever builds it.
Free Consultation
One hour with a senior engineer. Leave knowing what it takes, what it costs, and whether we're the right team — whether or not it's us.
Read the proof first
Not ready to talk? See exactly how this runs in a fixed-price engagement that shipped.