Vibe-Coded App to Production
Vibe-Coded → Production · Fixed-Price POC · 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 Proof of Concept.
Comparing a build quote to near-zero AI-tool spend is the wrong compare. A fixed-price POC is a decision you can make without a committee — and the deliverable is yours whether or not you hire us to build.
Proof of Concept
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?
- Findings, risk ranking, and a remediation plan
- A rough build estimate you can take to a budget conversation
- A senior-engineer level-of-effort estimate
- The report is yours — even if you never hire us
Free Scoping Call
Not sure a POC is the right first step? Talk it through. We'll end with a recommendation on the next move — whether or not it's us.
- A senior person, not a sales rep
- An honest read on salvage vs. rebuild
- A clear recommended next step
POC fees are credited toward a build if you move forward. 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 · Proof of Concept
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 Discovery
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 discovery produced a complete spec — and the confidence to decline a build that wasn't worth it. No change orders.
See Case StudyUnified Commerce POC
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 a clear recommendation. None of them is a long-term contract.
Fixed-price proof of concept
A scoped POC that tells you what a build really takes — and the deliverable is yours regardless. Credited toward the build.
Free scoping conversation
One hour with a senior person who ends the call with an honest recommendation — 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.