Production readiness review for AI-built apps

Your AI built it.
We make sure it survives production.

An eight-point audit for solo founders, indie hackers, and pre-launch teams who shipped a vibe-coded MVP and now need it to not fall over the moment users show up.

Read-only access NDA on request 3–5 day turnaround

// the gap

AI ships features fast. Production readiness, not so much.

The code runs on your laptop. It even runs on Vercel. But what happens when 5,000 people show up at once, a database query goes rogue at 3am, or someone finds the unguarded admin route the model wrote three weeks ago?

Silent failures

No logs, no metrics, no alerting. When something breaks, you find out from an angry user on Twitter — if you're lucky.

Security holes you'd never write yourself

Prompt-injected SQL, exposed env vars, public Supabase keys, missing auth on routes the model "thought were internal".

A codebase no one — including the AI — can extend

Six months in, every change breaks two other things. The fastest way forward is to rewrite. The audit shows you what to refactor first.

// what we audit

Nine dimensions. One brutally honest report.

Every dimension is scored 0–100, with a prioritized list of issues, severity ratings, and concrete fixes you (or your AI) can ship as PRs.

01

Code quality

Dead code, duplication, type safety, naming consistency, dangerous patterns, lint gaps.

eslint · ruff · ts-strict
02

QA & testing

Test coverage, critical-path coverage, flaky tests, missing edge cases, no-test-at-all reality checks.

unit · e2e · integration
03

Security

Auth gaps, exposed secrets, input validation, SQL/NoSQL injection, OWASP top 10, leaky API routes.

authz · secrets · OWASP
04

Maintainability

Module boundaries, cyclomatic complexity, file size, documentation, "what does this even do" smell.

cohesion · complexity
05

Observability

Logs, metrics, traces, error tracking, alerting, SLO readiness. Can you tell something's broken before users do?

logs · metrics · traces
06

Performance & scale

N+1 queries, missing indexes, blocking I/O, bundle size, caching strategy, what dies at 10× traffic.

queries · caching · bundle
07

Architecture & tech debt

Coupling, layering, state management, leaky abstractions, what to refactor before it's a rewrite.

coupling · layers
08

DevOps & CI/CD

Build pipeline, deploy reliability, environment parity, rollback story, secret management, branch hygiene.

CI · deploys · envs
09

Cost & infra waste

Idle resources, oversized instances, untuned databases, unnecessary third-party SaaS, the bill at 100× scale.

infra · SaaS · scale

// how it works

From repo to readiness plan in under a week.

No long discovery calls. No endless intake forms. Send the repo, we send back the report.

step 01

Submit your repo

GitHub, GitLab, or a zip drop — read-only access only. NDA available on request. We never train on your code or share it.

step 02

We audit across nine dimensions

Senior engineers run a guided audit alongside best-in-class tooling. No AI rubber-stamping — every finding is reviewed by a human who has shipped this stuff for a living.

step 03

You get a prioritized plan

A scored report, a ranked list of issues by severity, and a step-by-step implementation plan you can hand to yourself, your team, or your AI to ship.

// sample report

An excerpt from a real audit.

Names redacted. Findings real. This is what shows up in the first ten pages.

codeclanker-report.acmeco.pdf
47/100 overall
Code quality
78
QA & tests
42
Security
31
Maintainability
55
Observability
18
Cost & infra
46
Critical

Service-role Supabase key shipped to client bundle

apps/web/src/lib/supabase.ts:12

The full SERVICE_ROLE_KEY is imported into client code, bypassing all row-level security. Anyone who opens DevTools has god-mode on your database.

- import.meta.env.VITE_SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY + import.meta.env.VITE_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY // move privileged ops to a server route
High

No error tracking — silent 5xx on the checkout flow

apps/web/src/routes/checkout/+page.server.ts

The checkout route has a try/catch that logs to console.error and returns a generic 500. There's no Sentry, no log aggregation, and no alert. You have no idea this is firing.

High

N+1 query on dashboard load (avg 1,400ms p95)

apps/web/src/routes/dashboard/+page.server.ts:48

For each project the dashboard fetches members one row at a time. At 50 projects you're firing 51 queries serialized. A single join brings p95 under 120ms.

Medium

No CI gate on type errors — strict mode silently disabled

tsconfig.json:6 · .github/workflows/ci.yml

strict: false was committed three months ago, and there's no CI step running tsc --noEmit. Roughly 280 untyped anys have crept in since.

Medium

Idle Postgres replica costing $312/mo

infra/terraform/db.tf:34

A read replica was provisioned during testing and never attached to a connection pool. It's been sitting empty for 90 days at production tier.

// what you get

A report you can act on, not just nod at.

Every audit ships with the same four deliverables — built so a non-technical founder, a vibe coder, or a senior engineer can all pick it up and move.

Scored audit report (PDF)

Nine dimensions, 0–100 each, with an executive summary you can show your investors, cofounder, or yourself at 2am.

Prioritized issue backlog

Every finding ranked by severity and impact, exported as a CSV / Linear / GitHub issues import. Ready to drop into your tracker.

PR-ready implementation plan

Step-by-step fixes written to be pasted into your AI of choice. Each step has acceptance criteria so you know it's actually done.

60-minute walkthrough call

One of our engineers walks you through the report end to end. Bring questions, hangovers, your cofounder — whatever helps.

// who it's for

Built for people who shipped fast and now need to ship safely.

// indie hacker

Solo builders going from MRR to scale

You shipped your first $1k MRR with Cursor and a coffee. Now real users are stress-testing things you never thought about.

// non-technical founder

Founders who built v1 with AI

You don't read code, but you raised on the prototype. Before you hire your first engineer, find out what they're walking into.

// pre-launch team

Early-stage teams about to go live

Launch is in three weeks. You'd rather hear "this will break" from us than from Hacker News at 9:47am the morning of.

// faq

Questions people actually ask.

Will you have access to my code? Is it safe?

Read-only access only — to a temporary user we ask you to revoke after delivery. NDAs available on request. We do not train on your code, share it, or keep copies after the audit closes. Encrypted at rest, deleted within 30 days.

What stacks do you support?

Anything mainstream: Next.js, React, Vue, SvelteKit, Remix, Node, Python (Django/FastAPI/Flask), Go, Ruby on Rails, plus typical stacks around Supabase, Postgres, Redis, Vercel, Render, AWS, GCP. If you're on something exotic, ask — we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right fit.

How long does it take?

Three to five business days from the moment we have repo access. Larger codebases (>50k LOC) may need a week — we'll tell you up front.

Do you fix the issues, or just point them out?

The audit hands over a complete implementation plan you (or your AI) can execute. If you'd rather have us do the fixes, we offer a follow-up engagement priced separately. Most clients ship the criticals themselves and bring us in for the harder architectural work.

What does it cost?

It depends on codebase size, stack complexity, and turnaround. Every engagement starts with a free scan and a transparent quote — no commitment until you've seen what we're going to deliver.

What's a "free scan"?

A 24-hour automated pass that produces a one-page summary across all nine dimensions. It's not the full audit — it's enough for you to decide whether the deeper engagement is worth your money.

Find out what's hiding in your code.

Drop your repo. We'll send a one-page scan summary across all nine dimensions within 24 hours. No card required.

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