E-01✕ FAIL
Auth leaking rows
Supabase RLS half-wired. Users see other tenants' data.
incident response · for prototypes that grew up·
Your prototype
is 80% done.
We ship
the last 20%.
Senior engineers who rescue, harden, and productionize apps built with AI code tools. Broken auth, flaky deploys, unreadable code — fixed, shipped, handed back.
Rescue broken AI apps · Build new ones right · Integrate AI into what already works
✦rescued from Lovable✦rescued from Replit✦rescued from Cursor✦rescued from Bolt✦rescued from Base44✦rescued from Claude Code✦rescued from Windsurf✦rescued from v0✦rescued from Tempo✦rescued from Lovable✦rescued from Replit✦rescued from Cursor✦rescued from Bolt✦rescued from Base44✦rescued from Claude Code✦rescued from Windsurf✦rescued from v0✦rescued from Tempo✦rescued from Lovable✦rescued from Replit✦rescued from Cursor✦rescued from Bolt✦rescued from Base44✦rescued from Claude Code✦rescued from Windsurf✦rescued from v0✦rescued from Tempo
§ 00 / direct answer
Afterbuild Labs rescues apps built with Lovable, Bolt.new, Replit, Cursor, and Base44 that won't deploy, burn through credits, leak data, or keep breaking working features. Start with a free 48-hour diagnostic; most rescues ship for a fixed $1,999 Deploy-to-Production Pass or a $7,499 Finish My MVP engagement — full migrations quoted from $15,000. Roughly half of AI-generated code ships with known vulnerabilities (see our 2026 research). We fix that.
Updated Q2 2026 · 2026-04-18
§ 01 / symptoms
We've seen this
exact autopsy
before.
Every AI-built app that hits our desk has the same constellation of load-bearing bugs. We'll spare you the mystery.
E-02✕ FAIL
Deploys die on prod
Runs in the builder preview, 500s on Vercel.
E-03✕ FAIL
Schema is a crime scene
No migrations, no indexes, cascading deletes everywhere.
E-04✕ FAIL
Stripe is pretend-working
Checkout half-done. Webhooks silently dropped for weeks.
E-05✕ FAIL
Melts past 100 users
N+1 queries, unbounded loops, zero caching.
E-06✕ FAIL
Nobody can read it
No types, no structure. Dev handoff is a non-starter.
§ 02 / protocol
Broken prototype
to production, in
four moves.
- 01
Rescue audit
We read the repo. List every blocker. Fixed-fee plan in 48 hours.
duration · 48h - 02
Stabilize
Fix auth, data, payments, deploy. Your app stops being scary to touch.
duration · W1–2 - 03
Productionize
Tests on critical paths, CI, monitoring, migrations, real dev env.
duration · W2–4 - 04
Ship & hand off
Clean code, docs, a team that can extend it — ours or yours.
duration · W4–6
§ 03 / engagements
Clear pricing.
No mystery meat.
01 / diagnose
Free Diagnostic
$0
24-48h recommendation
- ▸30-minute call
- ▸Rescue-vs-rewrite answer
- ▸Risk scan
- ▸Fixed-price next step
most common
02 / operate
Finish My MVP
$7,499
4–6 week launch pass
- ▸Stabilize auth, data, payments
- ▸Deploys, CI, monitoring
- ▸Tests on critical paths
- ▸Clean handoff & docs
03 / sustain
Retainer Support
$3,499
Ongoing retainer
- ▸40h/month engineering
- ▸Priority rescue queue
- ▸Architecture reviews
- ▸Slack support
§ 04 / popular resources
Popular
resources.
Jump straight into the specific failure, startup stage, or alternative you're weighing.
by symptom
§ 05 / by industry
Your industry has
its own failure
modes.
Each vertical carries a different rescue checklist — compliance, data-handling, payment flows, and tenancy models that generic advice doesn't cover.
vertical
Fintech
RLS, Stripe idempotency, SOC 2 evidence, broker-dealer and FinCEN-adjacent data isolation.
rescue patterns →
vertical
Healthtech
HIPAA-aligned data handling, PHI-safe logging, audit-trail triggers, BAA scoping for clinical apps.
rescue patterns →
vertical
B2B SaaS
Multi-tenant isolation, RBAC, Stripe subscriptions, production auth for post-MVP SaaS scaling.
rescue patterns →
vertical
E-commerce
Cart, checkout, inventory sync, payment webhooks, and fulfilment integrations that hold under load.
rescue patterns →
vertical
Marketplaces
Two-sided auth, Connect payouts, escrow, trust-and-safety, and supply-side onboarding hardening.
rescue patterns →
vertical
Legaltech
Data-handling trust footers, right-to-export, matter-confidentiality, and the auth hygiene lawyers audit.
rescue patterns →
§ 06 / questions
Frequently asked
questions.
What does Afterbuild Labs do?+
We rescue, harden, and productionize apps built with AI code tools — Lovable, Bolt.new, Replit, Cursor, Base44, Windsurf, v0, and Claude Code. Broken auth, flaky deploys, burning credits, unreadable code — we fix, ship, and hand back. 48-hour audit, fixed-price engagements, no hourly surprises.
How do you price rescue and production work?+
Start with the free Rescue Diagnostic. Then choose the smallest fixed scope that solves the problem: $299 Emergency Triage, $499 Security Audit, $799 Integration Fix, $1,999 Deploy-to-Production Pass, $3,999 Break-the-Fix-Loop Refactor, $7,499 Finish My MVP, or $3,499/mo Retainer Support. Full migrations scoped from $15,000. No mystery hourly meter.
Which AI tools do you cover?+
Lovable, Bolt.new, Replit Agent, Cursor, Base44, Windsurf (Cascade), v0, Claude Code, and Tempo. If your app is JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python we can work with it — regardless of which AI tool wrote the first draft. We also work with hand-written code that's drifted.
How fast can you start?+
The free Rescue Diagnostic usually starts within one business day and returns a written rescue-vs-rewrite recommendation in 24 to 48 hours. Emergency Triage is a paid $299 option for one broken production issue with a 48-hour turnaround.
What if my AI tool isn't on your list?+
Send us the repo anyway. We've rescued apps from at least a dozen tools and the underlying patterns — broken auth, missing RLS, deploys that won't go live, burning credits in regression loops — are the same. If it's JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python, we can work with it.
How are you different from Upwork or Toptal?+
We specialize in one problem: AI-built apps that need to reach production. Fixed-fee audit and engagement, written fix plan before you commit, senior engineers only (no juniors ghosted behind a PM), and proven rescues across Lovable, Bolt, Replit, Cursor, and Base44. No bidding wars, no mystery hourly meters.
Will you throw away our AI-generated code?+
Almost never. We preserve what works and refactor incrementally — full rewrites are a last resort. Industry benchmarks put AI-code vulnerability rates close to half (see our 2026 vibe-coding research), but most of the codebase is usually salvageable with a cleanup pass. We'll tell you in the 48-hour audit if a rewrite is actually cheaper.
Do you work alongside our in-house engineers?+
Yes. We pair with in-house teams, review PRs, and coach on directing AI tools for production work. Many clients keep their team prompting in Lovable or Cursor while we handle the production concerns — RLS, Stripe edges, deploys, tests. Clean handoff is built into every engagement.
transmit.01 — final call
Send us
the repo.
In 48 hours, you'll know exactly what it takes to get from AI-built chaos to something you can ship, scale, and charge money for.
free rescue diagnostic █or email · hello@afterbuildlabs.com