Rescue & hardening

An AI app that almost works is still an app that can’t go live. We rescue and harden the MVP so you launch production-grade: security, GDPR, app store readiness, payments, maintainability.

Est. 2013Northampton, UKFixed-price proposal

Teams we’ve kept out of trouble

MarsWalmartOxford University PressFinancial TimesPearsonClickBSLDictionary.comMediacomRACKArt FundLexicoCarrefourSmart_RWrigleyBikeAway

The wall

The demo worked. Production is a different planet.

01 Anomaly · Security

Secrets in the source

API keys embedded in frontend code, no rate limiting, auth bolted on as an afterthought. One curious user away from an incident.

02 Anomaly · Compliance

GDPR was never in the prompt

Personal data with no lawful basis on record, no deletion flows, no DPAs. A regulatory fine waiting for a hearing date.

03 Anomaly · Maintainability

Nobody can change it safely

No tests, no environments, no deploy pipeline. Every change is a gamble, and the AI that wrote it isn’t on call.

Launch readiness

Five stations. Zero surprises.

  1. STN–01

    Security

    Go

    Secret management, authentication, authorisation, rate limiting, dependency audits: a hard look at everything the AI glossed over.

  2. STN–02

    GDPR & data protection

    Go

    Data mapping, lawful basis, retention and deletion flows, cookie consent, processor agreements, aligned to UK and EU standards.

  3. STN–03

    App store readiness

    Go

    Apple and Google review requirements, privacy manifests, in-app purchase rules, store assets and submission, handled.

  4. STN–04

    Payments

    Go

    Production-grade Stripe or store billing: webhooks, retries, refunds, VAT, dunning. Money that actually arrives.

  5. STN–05

    Maintainability

    Go

    Tests, CI/CD, environments, monitoring, documentation, so the next change is routine, not a rescue.

Flight plan

Four weeks to orbit.

  1. T-minus 4 wks

    Intake

    We take your codebase as it is, no judgement, and map what was built, what was assumed, and what’s missing.

  2. T-minus 3 wks

    Audit

    A full five-station go/no-go poll, delivered as prioritised findings with a fixed price to fix them.

  3. T-minus 2 wks

    Harden

    We work through every flagged item (security, compliance, payments) until each station reads GO.

  4. T-zero

    Launch & hold

    Store submission, go-live support, and a steady hand on the console after launch.

Ready for the go/no-go poll?

Know exactly what stands between your MVP and launch.

Book a rescue assessment. We’ll come back within one working day with a clear, fixed-price proposal for next steps.

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