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This is so simple,
why is this taking so long?

We hear this all the time.
Founders struggling to bring their ideas to life.

It can be simple, with the right partner. We help businesses close the gap and deliver on their vision.

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Does this sound familiar?

Developer went dark

You paid someone to build it. Now it's breaking and no one can tell you why.

A developer delivered something. An agency shipped a project. Now it's in production, it's fragile, and you don't have anyone who can look at it honestly and tell you what you're dealing with.

Offshore gone wrong

Six months and $40k later, nothing works and the team has gone quiet.

Offshore projects fail at a high rate — not because of bad intentions, but because there was no senior technical judgment in the room when it mattered. You're left holding a codebase you can't evaluate and a timeline that no longer makes sense.

Vibe code that got too far

You built a prototype with AI tools. It worked. Then it got into production.

AI-generated code is fast to write and hard to maintain. What started as a quick prototype is now carrying real users and real data, and nobody fully understands what's holding it together.

No visibility

You can't get a straight answer on whether your codebase is healthy or not.

Every developer you ask says it's fine. But things keep breaking. Timelines keep slipping. You don't have the technical background to know who to believe — or what questions to ask.

Where we start

Every code rescue engagement starts with an honest audit. We tell you what's actually there before anyone agrees to anything.

Code Audit

$500 - $1,500

An honest assessment of a codebase, whether it was built by a developer, an agency, or an AI tool. We tell you what you're actually working with: what's healthy, what's brittle, and whether to fix it or start over.

  • Codebase health check
  • Risk and technical debt assessment
  • Fix vs. rebuild recommendation

Code & App Rescue

Scoped after audit

For when something is broken and needs to be fixed, or rebuilt. We take over a failed, fragile, or AI-generated codebase and get it to a state your business can actually rely on. Scoped and priced after the audit so there are no surprises.

  • Remediation or rebuild
  • Transparent scope and pricing
  • Handover with documentation

Real scenario

The offshore project that was three months in and going nowhere

A colleague called me in on a project that had been running offshore for ~3 months. The deadline was looming, the client was getting anxious, and what had been delivered was incomplete and unreliable. Not unusable, just not good enough and running out of time.

The first thing we did was assess what was actually there. So as per usual there were things that were working and things that weren't. The backend had been built reasonably well, it wasn't what we would have chosen, but it was solid enough to work with. The frontend was a different story. It was a mess: missing features, inconsistent, and not something that would take longer to fix then rebuild.

So we made a pragmatic call. The backend we left in place and we planned a slow migration, flagging it for replacement over time as new features were added, rather than ripping it out and resetting the clock. The frontend we scrapped entirely. We brought in a more modern technology, started clean, and delivered it within the month — on time for the client's deadline.

Our rate was 2 to 3 times what the offshore team was charging per hour. But the offshore team had taken 2 to 3 times longer and still hadn't finished. The total cost was similar with the difference being months of frustration, client risk, and a deadline nearly missed.

What we found

  • Backend Functional, flagged for gradual migration
  • Frontend Not salvageable, replaced with modern technology
  • Timeline On time for the client deadline
  • Total cost Would have saved money and time

Offshore development can work. The issue in this case wasn't the team's capability — it was a communication gap between what was actually required and a lack of the right infrastructure to set them up for success. Experience is what tells you whether an hourly rate is expensive. Not the number you're looking at in the moment.

— Byron Georgiou, Assembler AI

71%

of outsourced IT projects fail. Not because of bad intentions — because there was no senior technical judgment in the room when it mattered.

1.7×

more major issues in AI-generated code compared to human-written code. Vibe coding is fast — until it isn't.

$110/hr

All work is billed at a single rate, scoped upfront into a fixed price. No surprises, no scope creep billed silently.

We've seen what happens when there's no one technical in the room.

Founders who've been burned don't need a pitch. They need someone who'll tell them what's actually there, even if it's not what they want to hear.

  • Honesty. We tell you what we find. Even when it is not what you want to hear.

  • Clear process. You know what we are doing, why, and what it costs before we start.

  • No overruns. Everything is scoped upfront. $110/hr, derived to a fixed price.

  • We stay. We are not a project vendor. We are a partner who is still here in 12 months.

Let's start with an honest conversation.

No pitch deck. No sales call. Tell us where you are and what you are dealing with, we will tell you what we would do. If we are not the right fit, we will say that too.

  • We respond within one business day
  • No commitment required to have the first conversation
  • Every engagement starts with us understanding your business