Production-readiness audit
Is your AI-built app actually ready for real users?
A production-readiness & security audit for apps built with AI.
AI builds exactly what you tell it to — which means everything you didn't think to ask for ships silently broken. The Launch-Ready Audit runs your app through 13 layers of production checks and hands you a scorecard, the exact holes, and the fixes ranked by what will hurt you first.
The demo works. That's not the same as ready.
An app built fast with Cursor, Claude, Lovable, or Bolt can look finished and still be missing the things that never show up in a demo: a mobile layout that collapses, forms that fail silently, a database anyone can read, no rate limits between you and a runaway bill, backups you have never actually restored. The tool built what you described. Production is everything you didn't.
Broken on mobile · No error handling · Unprotected data (no RLS) · No rate limits · Untested backups · Surprise cloud bill
13 layers. One scorecard. Nothing hand-waved.
We run your app against the same 13-layer production standard we hold our own builds to. Each layer comes back pass, blocker, or not-applicable — with evidence, not opinions.
Frontend
the screens work on every device, and forms fail gracefully.
APIs & backend
right methods, real validation, nothing over-shared in responses.
Database & storage
data saves and loads clean, and backups actually restore.
Auth & permissions
nobody can reach data or actions that aren't theirs.
Hosting & deploy
SSL, correct DNS, secrets in the platform, a tested rollback.
Cloud & cost
you know what it runs on and what it costs before the bill arrives.
CI/CD
versioned, backed up, and deploys that don't break production.
Security & data isolation
the database itself walls off each user's data.
Rate limiting
a bug, bot, or spike can't run up your bill or take you down.
Caching & CDN
fast for real users everywhere, not just on your laptop.
Scaling
a traffic spike spreads across capacity instead of crashing one box.
Error tracking & logs
you learn it broke in seconds, from your own monitoring.
Availability & recovery
uptime monitoring, off-site backups, a rehearsed way back online.
Two of these are non-negotiable. If anyone can reach another user's data (Layer 4) or the database doesn't isolate accounts (Layer 8), the app does not ship — no matter how good the overall score.
What lands in your inbox
- A per-layer scorecard — pass, blocker, or not-applicable.
- The exact failing checks, with evidence: the file, the line, or the behavior that breaks.
- A fix list ranked by risk, launch-blockers first.
- A straight go / no-go on shipping.
One fixed price. Production-grade.
$5,000 — flat, fixed scope. If you bring us in to fix what we find, $2,000 comes off that remediation bill. The audit stands on its own; when it turns into the fix, it pays for part of itself.
Book it before you launch, before you hand an app to a client, or any time you're not sure what your AI tools quietly skipped.
Find out what shipped broken — before your users do.
Field Notes · Launch-Ready Audit
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How to tell if your app is actually production-ready
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The security holes AI coding tools leave in every app
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What happens the first time your AI-built app gets real traffic
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A pre-launch checklist for an app you didn't fully build yourself
A copy-paste pre launch web app checklist for owners who paid someone — or an AI tool — to build their app. 13 layers, phrased as yes/no questions, with the two that are non-negotiable before you launch.