Stuck with what you have?
Project stuck? Previous team disappeared? Outgrown your first version? We rescue stalled projects and fix scaling problems.
They disappeared mid-project, delivered something that doesn't work, or you chose a cheaper option and got code nobody can maintain. We assess what's salvageable and either fix it or rebuild the parts that matter.
It worked for 100 users. Now you have 10,000 and everything is slow, breaking, or expensive to run. We diagnose the bottlenecks and rebuild the architecture, keeping what already works.
You used Lovable, Bolt, Replit, or v0 to build a prototype, and it proved the idea. Now you need authentication, payments or architecture that hold up with paying users. We check what is ready and what needs work before anything goes live.
You send us access. We review code quality, architecture, and what's working and what isn't. Then you get a written assessment.
What works and should be kept. What needs rebuilding. Estimated cost and timeline to get to production. Technology recommendations.
We fix, refactor, or rebuild, depending on what the review found. You see progress throughout.
Everything is documented and handed over. Your code is yours.
Talking to us is free. Ask anything, and you'll leave knowing the next step.
Book a free callWe've been building software since 2003, and we've inherited a lot of broken projects. We know how to walk into an unfamiliar codebase, find the actual problem, and tell you if it can be saved.
A slow page might be a bad query, a missing index, an over-fetched API, a bloated front-end, or all four. We diagnose with data, and only then propose a fix that keeps the rest of the product working.
Sometimes the right answer is 'fix this part, throw away that part.' Sometimes it's 'start fresh, but keep these lessons.' We won't sell you a full rebuild if a refactor is enough. And we won't duct-tape a broken foundation if it's wasting your money.
The written report covers what to keep, what to rebuild, estimated cost, and timeline. There's no commitment beyond the review, and you can use it with us or take it elsewhere.
AI prototyping tools have come a long way, and some prototypes are closer to production than they look. We review what you have: what works stays, and we fix or rebuild only what doesn't hold up with real users, real payments and real data. You keep the user experience you've already tested.
Each rescue includes documentation, a clean Git history, monitoring setup, and a 3-month code warranty. If you want to keep working with us, great. If not, your next developer will thank us.
Rescue work is the wrong place to learn on the job. Senior engineers with 7+ years of experience review the code. On complex problems, our founder joins the team to help find the best solution.
If after the first sprint you don't feel like we're the right partner, we stop and don't invoice for that sprint.
If we're the wrong fit, we'll say so on the first call and point you to a better option.
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You don't need a full specification to start. We show how a project moves from the first conversation to launch, and when you get involved.
Users skip steps you thought were essential, and manual work piles up. Five mistakes we see once real users arrive, and how to catch them while they're cheap to fix.
Betty Blocks needs enterprise performance, and its live production system went on to handle more concurrent users.
Read the Betty Blocks case study →
A Sharetribe marketplace for buying and selling pre-owned items, with custom design, multicurrency listings, price negotiation.
Read the Second Skin case study →Our backs were up against the wall with tight timelines and a huge event to deliver. IT House stepped in and made the whole thing possible, within our budget. Now they're helping us rebuild the marketplace from the ground up.
Tell us what you're building and we'll tell you how we'd approach it.
