Vibe Code Rescue

Your AI-built prototype got you to v0.1.
We get you scale-ready.

Vibe coding is incredible for speed — but the codebase it leaves behind hides security gaps, duct-tape architecture, fragile deploys and a cloud bill nobody can explain. In two weeks, our senior CTOs audit your code, stress-test your infrastructure and hand you a prioritized roadmap to get production-ready.

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Built with one of these? You're in the right place.

Cursor Claude Code Lovable Bolt.new v0 Replit GitHub Copilot

Does this sound familiar?

If two or more of these describe your product, your AI-built app has hit the limit of what vibe coding alone can deliver. That's not a failure — it's a predictable inflection point with a predictable fix.

You (or a non-technical co-founder) shipped your MVP using Cursor, Claude, Lovable, Bolt, v0, Replit or GitHub Copilot.

Real users are now in the product, and every new feature seems to break two old ones.

You suspect there are security holes, but nobody on the team can confidently say where they are.

Your cloud bill is climbing faster than your revenue.

Investors, enterprise customers or a partner just asked about security, uptime or architecture — and you froze.

You're about to hire your first engineers and want them to inherit a codebase they won't immediately want to throw away.

What "vibe coded" really leaves behind

Speed has a price, and AI-generated codebases tend to pay it in the same six places every time. In a typical Vibe Code Rescue we find:

Security holes nobody designed in

SQL injection, broken authentication and session handling, exposed API keys, missing authorization checks, public storage buckets and personal data sitting in places it should never be.

Architecture held together by duct tape

Business logic copy-pasted across screens, state managed in five different ways, no clear boundary between frontend and backend, and database schemas that quietly assume nothing will ever change.

Fragile, unrepeatable deployments

No environments, no migrations, no rollbacks, no CI, no real version control discipline. "It works on prod" because prod is the only place it has ever worked.

Zero test coverage

Every shipment is a coin flip. Regressions are discovered by users, not by the team. Every refactor starts with a silent prayer.

Cloud spend on autopilot

Oversized instances, forgotten dev environments, chatty AI calls with no caching, storage nobody is cleaning up. Your infrastructure invoice is a tax on guesswork.

A codebase no human can confidently change

New features take longer every week because nobody fully understands what is already there — including the AI that wrote it.

None of this means the AI did a bad job. It means the AI did exactly what it was asked to do: make it work, fast. Making it safe, scalable, maintainable and affordable is a different job — and it needs different people.

Two weeks. Total clarity.

A structured sprint led by a senior CTO and a small team of senior engineers. Every line of analysis is done by a real human, supported — not replaced — by industry-standard tooling.

Week 1

See the truth

1

Discovery & goal setting

A working session with you and your team to align on what the product is supposed to do, who is using it, what's on fire and what success looks like in 6 and 12 months.
2

Codebase analysis

Static analysis, dependency scanning and code-quality tooling — then a senior engineer walks the code by hand. You get hard data on technical debt, dead code, dependency risk, license risk and structural weaknesses, with concrete file and line references.
3

Architecture review

We map how your system is actually built today: services, data flows, integrations, third-party dependencies, AI calls and failure points. We compare that map against where you want to be in 12 months.
4

Security testing (OWASP Top 10)

Focused application security review covering injection, authentication and session weaknesses, broken access control, data exposure, secrets in source, insecure file handling, vulnerable dependencies, CORS / CSRF and personal data handling.
5

Load & resilience testing

We push your system until it breaks, in a controlled environment, so you know exactly how much traffic your product can handle and how it behaves under failure. No more guessing whether you survive a Product Hunt spike.

Week 2

Get a plan you can execute

1

Cloud & cost audit

We review your cloud setup (AWS, GCP, Azure, Vercel, Supabase, Render, Fly and friends) and identify quick wins plus structural changes that bring the bill under control without sacrificing performance.
2

AI usage review

If your product calls LLMs or other AI APIs, we review prompts, model choices, caching, retries, guardrails, evaluation and cost-per-request. AI features should be reliable line items — not surprises at month-end.
3

Prioritized remediation roadmap

Everything we found, consolidated into a single ranked action plan. Each item has severity, effort estimate, owner profile and recommended sequence. Critical security and stability issues come first; long-term refactors come later.
4

Executive readout

A live walkthrough with you and, if you want, your investors, board or key customers. Plain language, no jargon, no defensiveness. You finish the call knowing exactly where you stand and what to do on Monday morning.

What you walk away with

Every Vibe Code Rescue ends with a concrete written package — not a verbal "you should probably refactor things." Everything is yours to keep, share and act on, with or without us.

Technical Health Report

Code quality, architecture, security, performance, infrastructure and cost — all in one document.

Security Findings Report

Severity, evidence, exploitability and remediation guidance for every single issue.

Load & Resilience Report

Measured breaking points, bottlenecks and concrete recommendations to raise them.

Cloud Cost Review

Itemized savings opportunities with projected monthly impact — often pays for the engagement.

30/60/90 Remediation Roadmap

Prioritized by severity and effort, with a clear longer-term architecture direction.

Executive Summary & Live Readout

Plain-language brief you can share with non-technical stakeholders, investors and enterprise buyers — delivered in a working call with the senior team that did the work.

Why A2Z Web

We're not a generic agency that "also does audits." Vibe Code Rescue is delivered by the same senior CTOs and engineers who run our core practices for funded startups and established companies.

Senior people only

No juniors quietly billed at senior rates. Every audit is led by a CTO-level engineer who has shipped, scaled and rescued real products.

Fact-based, not vibes (pun intended)

We translate between business priorities and technical reality, so your decisions rest on data — not hunches.

AI-fluent, not AI-naive

We use the same AI tools your team uses. We know exactly what they're good at, where they cut corners and how to clean up after them.

SOC 2 aligned process

Your code, data and findings are handled with the same security discipline we expect from your product.

A real path forward

When the audit is done, we can hand the roadmap back to your team, work alongside them, or take ownership of remediation as a fractional engineering team. Your call.

Vibe Code Rescue is part of a wider A2Z Web practice. Explore the related services we draw from:

CTO as a Service Tech Auditing & Strategy Custom Software Development AI Automation Cloud Cost Optimization Audit

The "no surprises" guarantee

If, at the end of the engagement, you don't feel you have a clearer, more honest picture of your product than you did when you started — we will refund the engagement fee. We can promise that because we've never had to.

Trusted by founders and CTOs

Frequently asked questions

Everything you probably want to ask before booking the call.

How long does a Vibe Code Rescue take?

Two weeks from kickoff to executive readout. We can move faster for urgent situations like a pre-launch, investor due diligence or an active security incident — just ask.

Do we need to pause feature work during the audit?

No. The audit runs in parallel with your normal development. We only need a few hours of your team's time across the two weeks — mostly for kickoff, questions and the final readout.

Will you need access to production?

We work in read-only mode by default, against a staging environment or a snapshot, and we agree on every access scope in writing before touching anything. Nothing destructive happens without your explicit approval.

Which stacks and AI tools do you cover?

TypeScript and JavaScript (Node, Next.js, React, Vue, Svelte), Python (Django, FastAPI, Flask), Ruby on Rails, PHP (Laravel), Go, mobile (React Native, Flutter, Swift, Kotlin), and all the usual cloud and database suspects (AWS, GCP, Azure, Vercel, Supabase, Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis). On the AI side we regularly audit codebases built with Cursor, Claude Code, Lovable, Bolt.new, v0, Replit and GitHub Copilot.

What if the audit finds something really bad?

Then you will be glad you ran it now instead of after a breach, an outage or a failed enterprise security review. We will help you triage and, if you want, fix it.

Can you also build the fixes after the audit?

Yes. After the audit you can engage A2Z Web as a fractional engineering team, a CTO-as-a-Service partner, or a full custom development team, depending on what you actually need.

How much does a Vibe Code Rescue cost?

A fixed fee for the two-week engagement, agreed upfront, with no hidden extras. We quote it on the intro call once we understand the size and shape of your product. It is meaningfully less than the cost of the first serious incident it will prevent.

Ready to find out what your product is really made of?

Book a 30-minute, no-pressure intro call. We'll ask a handful of questions about your product, your stack and what's keeping you up at night — and tell you honestly whether a Vibe Code Rescue is the right next step.

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Your AI got you to v0.1. Let us help you get the rest of the way.

Your AI-built prototype got you to v0.1. We get you scale-ready.