Production Ready
Fix, harden, and ship it properly.Fixed scope and a number agreed before we start. Security and access rules first, then the data layer, then performance, then a pipeline that keeps all three from regressing.
$2,000+
Fixed-scope project, quoted after the audit
- Timeline
- 2–5 weeks, typically
- Deliverables
- 7 items
- Starts with
- A free call
The audit list, closed and verified
We take the audit findings and execute: closing security holes, restructuring the data layer, optimizing the slow paths, and standing up CI/CD so every future change ships safely.
Fixed scope, fixed price, agreed before anyone touches a branch. We work in the order that risk demands: access rules and secrets first, then the data layer, then performance, then the pipeline that keeps all three from regressing.
- What we need from you
- Repository access on a working branch, staging credentials, and one person who can answer product questions within a day.
- What you keep
- The hardened codebase, the pipeline, the monitoring accounts, and before/after numbers for every metric we touched.
What we do, in order
The sequence matters. Optimizing a query is wasted work if the table it reads is readable by every account on the internet.
- 01
Authorization moves to the data layer
Every table gets policies written against real role scenarios and tested with each of them: owner, teammate, other tenant, anonymous.
- 02
Secrets get a home and a rotation
Every exposed key is rotated, privileged calls move to server routes or edge functions, and environments stop sharing credentials.
- 03
The data layer stops guessing
Indexes added from real query plans rather than intuition, N+1 patterns collapsed, connection pooling sized to the workload, schema changes moved into versioned migrations, and backups verified by an actual restore.
- 04
Deploys become reversible
CI running tests on every pull request, preview environments per branch, and a one-command rollback that we exercise together before launch - so the first time you roll back is not during an incident.
- 05
Production becomes observable
Error tracking with source maps, uptime checks on the paths that matter, structured logs with request IDs, and alerts that reach a person.
Everything in the engagement, listed
No line items appear on an invoice that were not on this list first.
- Every critical and high-severity finding closed and verified
- Authentication, authorization, and access-rule hardening
- Database schema, indexing, and migration hygiene
- Frontend and API performance optimization with before/after numbers
- CI/CD pipeline with automated tests, preview builds, and rollbacks
- Error tracking, uptime monitoring, and structured logging
- Production deployment plus 30 days of post-launch support
What is different when we are done
It holds under real users
The app stops falling over on the first traffic spike, because we found the breaking points before your users did.
Shipping stops being scary
With tests, preview environments, and one-command rollback in place, deploying is a routine action rather than an event.
Measurable improvement
We report the same metrics before and after. Load times, query times, error rates, and cost per user are all numbers you can point at.
How the work runs
2–5 weeks, typically, start to finish. You know what is happening at every stage, and nothing moves to production without you.
- 1
Scope & fixed quote
We turn the audit into a fixed-scope statement of work. You know the price and the timeline before we start.
- 2
Harden the foundation
Security and data-layer work comes first, because everything else is built on top of it.
- 3
Optimize and instrument
We tune the slow paths and wire up monitoring, so problems surface in a dashboard rather than in your inbox.
- 4
Ship and support
We deploy to production with you, then stay on for 30 days to handle anything the real world surfaces.
When Production Ready is the right next step
Book this if any of these are true
- You have an audit - ours or someone else's - and a list of things that need to be true before launch.
- Real users are arriving on a date you have already committed to.
- The app falls over, gets slow, or loses data under conditions you can describe.
- You want to keep building features while someone else makes the foundation safe.
Start somewhere else if
You do not yet know what is wrong, and a fixed scope would be a guess.
Start with the Production CheckThe app is fine but the platform bill or the lock-in is the problem.
Go to Cloud Independence
Still unsure? Say so on the call. We would rather point you at the cheaper step than sell you the bigger one.
Production Ready, answered
Almost never. Rewrites are expensive and risky. We keep what works, replace what is genuinely unsafe, and tell you plainly when a rewrite is actually the cheaper option.
Yes. We work on branches and coordinate merges with you. Many clients keep shipping features in their builder while we harden the foundation underneath.
It is the floor for a scoped project. The audit produces a fixed quote before any work begins, so the final number is agreed up front rather than billed hourly.
Get a fixed quote for the fixes
One call, a scoped audit, then a number and a date that do not move.