Production Hardening for AI-Generated Apps
From Vibe Coded to Production: Harden Your AI-Built App
Original Objective hardens vibe coded apps into production systems. We audit and rebuild apps built in Cursor, Lovable, v0, Bolt and Replit Agent against 12 production-readiness categories: authentication, secrets, observability, error handling, LLM cost controls, tests, database integrity, security, performance, GDPR, deployment and incident readiness. Fixed-price audit from £1,495. Two-week hardening sprint from £4,995. UK-based software engineers, no day rates.
Is Your AI App Production Ready?
Score your app across five critical areas. Takes 2 minutes.
Three Paths to Close the Production Gap
There is no single right answer. The honest option depends on your users, your timeline, and your engineering budget. Below are the three paths UK founders actually take, with the realistic cost, time, and the situations in which each option is the wrong call.
DIY with AI
No jargon. No waffle. Just clear, practical definitions of the technology terms that matter to your business. Whether you are evaluating AI automation for the first time or comparing vendors, start here.
In-house DevOps Hire
Built from real project experience, not textbooks.
Bring in a Specialist
Best for: Apps with live users or an imminent launch.
Time: 2 weeks start to finish.
Cost: £1,495 to £4,995 fixed price.
When NOT to choose: Your stack is not .NET, Next.js, Supabase, Azure, AWS, Vercel or Cloudflare. We do not accept Python Django or Ruby on Rails engagements.
Not sure which path?
Start with the free two-minute Vibe Code Readiness Score. It scores your app across the production-readiness categories, flags the highest-risk gaps, and gives you an honest read on whether DIY, in-house, or specialist is the right move for you.
The 12 Categories of Production Readiness
Production readiness is not a single switch. It is 12 distinct categories of engineering work, and a vibe coded app is almost always missing most of them. We score and fix apps against all 12: authentication and authorisation, secrets and environment hygiene, observability, error handling and resilience, LLM cost controls, test coverage and CI/CD, database integrity and migrations, security posture, performance and scale ceilings, GDPR and data protection, deployment and rollback, and incident readiness. The four highest-risk categories for most vibe coded apps are shown below.
Authentication & Authorisation
Vibe coded apps usually ship with login. They almost never ship with row-level security. Anyone who signs up can often see every record, every file, every admin page. We add role-based access control, row-level security policies, and permission checks on every endpoint.
Observability
Structured logs, error tracking, uptime monitoring and alerts. Usually a few hours of work. Highest-leverage fix we see.
LLM Cost Controls
Per-user budgets, rate limits, spending alerts, hard caps. Without these, one scraper can burn £1,200 in a weekend.
GDPR & Data Protection
Privacy notice, lawful basis, working deletion endpoint, data processing agreements with every vendor including OpenAI. Mandatory under UK law, routinely missing from vibe coded apps.
Fixed price, fixed scope. No day-rate surprises.
We productised the work so the price is the price. Pick the tier that matches where you are. No discovery calls needed before you can get a number.
Production Readiness Audit
A senior engineer reviews your repo, deployed app and infrastructure against 12 production-readiness categories. Written report with a prioritised remediation roadmap, delivered in 10 business days.
- Full review of your repo and deployed app
- Security, secrets and auth audit
- Observability and error-handling gaps
- LLM cost controls and rate limits
- Severity-ranked findings
- 60-minute walkthrough call
Production Hardening Sprint
Two weeks of focused engineering to fix the critical and high-severity issues from the audit. Same checklist, same deliverables, same timeline every time.
- Everything in the Audit
- Auth and authorisation hardened
- Observability stack installed
- Secrets moved to a vault
- CI/CD pipeline and critical-path tests
- LLM cost controls enforced
- Top security risks closed
- Handover docs
Lite Sprint also available at £2,995 for 1 week, when only 2-3 urgent fixes are needed.
Production Managed Service
Ongoing fractional production engineering. We keep the thing alive so you can stay focused on building features.
- 24/7 monitoring and alerting
- On-call response within SLA
- Monthly production review
- Security patching
- Quarterly re-audit
- Watch £1,495 · Hold £2,950 tiers
Making AI Apps Production Ready: FAQs
Common questions from founders and businesses who have built apps with vibe coding tools.
How much does it cost to make my vibe coded app production ready?
Our production-readiness audit costs £1,495 and delivers a written report with a prioritised remediation roadmap within 10 business days. A two-week hardening sprint to fix the critical and high-severity issues costs £4,995, with a one-week Lite version at £2,995 for apps that only need a few urgent fixes. Ongoing managed services start at £1,495 per month with a three-month minimum term. All prices are fixed and published upfront, so there are no day-rate surprises.
How long does it take?
Most projects take two to four weeks. We give you a clear timeline after the initial review.
Will you rebuild my app from scratch?
No. We work with what you have already built. Your vibe-coded app is the starting point, not something we throw away.
What vibe coding tools and hosting do you support?
We work with apps built in Cursor, Bolt, Lovable, Replit, Claude, ChatGPT, and any other AI coding tool. On the hosting side we support Next.js on Vercel, Supabase, Cloudflare Workers and Pages, AWS, Azure, and .NET stacks. We do not take on Python Django or Ruby on Rails engagements.
What is the most common thing missing from a vibe coded app?
Observability. Nine out of ten vibe coded apps we see have no structured logs, no error tracking, no uptime monitoring and no alerting. When something breaks, the founder finds out from a customer complaint, often days after the problem started. Observability is cheap to install, usually a few hours of work with tools like Sentry and Axiom, and it is the single highest-leverage fix for most apps.
Will my vibe coded app survive a product launch?
That depends on how many of the core production-readiness categories are in place before launch day. Apps with proper authentication, observability, rate-limited LLM calls, and a rollback path usually survive. Apps missing those usually do not. The warning signs are specific: no error tracking, no cost controls on AI endpoints, no way to roll back a bad deploy, and no on-call plan. If any of those are missing, a product launch is a coin flip.
Related Articles
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Why AI Prototypes Fail in Production (And What to Do About It)
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Built something with AI? Let us make it production ready.
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