Cloud & Infrastructure · London
Vibe code rescue takes the app your AI tool actually generated — Lovable, Bolt, Cursor, Replit, Claude — and gets it to production. We audit the codebase, harden what's salvageable and rebuild the risky parts. The rescue audit is £3,000, with an honest go, save or rebuild verdict at the end.
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Vibe coding gets you a demo fast; getting it to production is a different job. We start by understanding what was built and where it's breaking, then assess the real codebase before touching it — so you get an honest verdict, a fixed price and a clear path from prototype to a product people can actually rely on.
A 20-minute call to hear what you built, which tool generated it, and what's breaking — logins failing, data exposed, features you can't extend. We tell you whether a rescue makes sense before you spend anything.
For a fixed £3,000 we assess the real codebase — security, auth, architecture, data model and test coverage — and hand you a written go, save or rebuild verdict. If a clean rebuild is faster and cheaper, we say so.
We harden what's salvageable and rebuild the risky parts, adding the auth, automated tests and monitoring the AI tool skipped, until it's safe in front of real users. Fixed price, milestone payments, all code and IP yours.
Once it's shipped we can keep running it — hosting, monitoring and updates from £400 a month — so it stays shippable as you add features, rather than drifting back into the state we found it in.
The test of a build isn't the demo — it's what happens under real use. A medical screening app whose first version shipped in around 10 weeks, then hardened phase after phase into a university clinical study; WeSnag, a snagging platform holding thousands of defects across dozens of contractors on major London sites; and Becon, a safety app built to keep running in the background and offline, escalating on its own. Production-grade, not demo-grade.
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We read the code the AI tool actually generated and grade it against security, auth, data model and tests — on your real repository, not a fresh demo.
The corners these tools cut first: we check whether logins, permissions and secrets are real protection or just the appearance of it.
We work out whether the structure holds as you add features and users, or whether it tangles the moment you push past the demo.
Most vibe-coded apps ship with no tests at all, so we measure what exists before touching anything and make the gap visible.
We harden the code worth keeping and rebuild only the parts that are genuinely risky — you pay to fix, not to start over needlessly.
We add the safety net the AI tool skipped — real authentication, automated tests and monitoring — so it's safe to put in front of users.
An honest written call at the end of the audit — and if a clean rebuild is faster and cheaper than the rescue, we tell you that.
This is what comes up most often, not a limit. Bring us something that isn't on this list and we'll get up to speed on it — working with something new is the job, not an obstacle.
Real reviews from clients we have delivered for, on Clutch and elsewhere.
The enthusiasm, understanding of our mission, and passion from the first few minutes of the call were the deciding factors in choosing CodeLeap. Within 3 months of our app launching, we had over 1,500 downloads, appeared in leading publications from Forbes, The Metro, Marie Claire, Women's Fitness and many more, and started raising further investment.
They are incredibly diligent in the quality of work they produce, and go above and beyond when it comes to solving issues faced within the project, and to ensure we meet strict project deadlines. You never feel like you are one of many clients, and they ensure they are always there to help with any need you have, no matter how big or small.
CodeLeap made me feel like my options were limitless in terms of what could be achieved, which was critical to me as we were creating something very unique. I'm glad I chose Codeleap over a large corporation as the personable approach resulted in a smooth and pleasant experience.
Working with CodeLeap was a very good experience from both a professional and personal point of view. These people know what they are doing and are both efficient and clever and made a good partner. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend CodeLeap.
CodeLeap adds so much value and goes above and beyond what I expected. CodeLeap's team is very flexible with all the different requests we've put in front of them. They've also been great with the whole business side of things, and being able to forecast for this industry is really helpful. Overall, I'm completely satisfied with their work — they've been incredibly helpful.
Their flexibility and focus on quality were outstanding.
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Usually, yes. As an AI studio we work with these tools daily, so we know exactly where they cut corners — auth, security, tests, architecture. We start with the £3,000 rescue audit on your real codebase, then harden what's salvageable and rebuild only the risky parts.
Not on its own. AI coding tools are excellent for getting a working demo fast, but they routinely ship apps with no real authentication, open security holes, no tests and a data model that won't scale. Vibe code rescue is the step between a demo that impresses and a product real users can rely on.
The rescue audit is a fixed £3,000 and tells you where you stand. The remediation build — hardening what works, rebuilding what doesn't, adding auth, tests and monitoring — starts from £8,000, scoped and agreed at a fixed price before we start. Support and hosting after that start from £400 a month.
Often most of it is saved — AI tools get the UI and the happy path largely right, and the work is in the plumbing underneath. Sometimes a clean rebuild is genuinely faster and cheaper, and when that's true we say so in the audit rather than bill you to patch something that shouldn't survive.
The common pattern: authentication that isn't really there, secrets and data exposed, no automated tests, and an architecture that tangles as soon as you add a feature. It demos beautifully because the demo never hits the edges — production does. The audit finds which of these apply to your app and how serious each one is.
A small, experienced team of designers, engineers and problem-solvers working closely with you from first idea to final delivery.
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CTO / Co-Founder
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COO / Co-Founder
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Project Manager
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Designer
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Sales Representative
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Tech Lead
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Tech Lead
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Project Manager
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Tech Lead
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Advisor
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Commercial Analyst
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Tech Lead
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Backend Developer
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Designer
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