Fix What’s Broken. Improve What Matters.

We help businesses safely update existing websites and applications—improving performance, usability, and maintainability without disrupting users. We work inside your current codebase, respect business constraints, and ship improvements incrementally.

Safe work inside existing codebases (even if the original developer is gone)
Incremental modernization without reckless rewrites
Performance, UX, and maintainability improvements that compound over time
Clear communication about risk before making impactful changes
Rebuild recommendations only when justified

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Common Reasons Clients Reach Out

The app works, but it’s slow or feels outdated

The original developer is gone and the codebase is hard to maintain

Features are difficult to add without breaking existing behavior

The UI feels dated and the mobile experience is poor

Bugs are piling up and releases feel risky

Security alerts or dependency warnings keep appearing

Scaling issues: performance drops as traffic or data grows

You need a senior engineer to fix the app and provide a clear plan

How We Approach Existing Codebases

When you’re working with live users, real revenue, and business constraints, the goal isn’t perfection—it’s progress. We start with a clear understanding of what’s risky, what’s valuable, and what can be improved safely.

Codebase Review & Risk Audit

We identify fragile areas, outdated dependencies, performance bottlenecks, and architectural constraints before touching critical paths.

Incremental Improvements

We ship small, high-impact changes—performance fixes, refactors, UI upgrades, and stability improvements—without destabilizing the product.

Backwards Compatibility & Live Users

We prioritize stability. When breaking changes are unavoidable, we communicate early, plan migrations, and keep surprises to a minimum.

Clear Communication Before Big Moves

You’ll get honest guidance, tradeoffs, and a plan. If something isn’t worth doing, we’ll tell you—and explain why.

Technology Experience

We modernize web applications across common stacks. If you need React app maintenance, Next.js website updates, or backend improvements, we can step into the codebase and make progress quickly.

React

Next.js

TypeScript

Tailwind CSS

Node.js

REST APIs

GraphQL

PostgreSQL

Supabase

Prisma

React Native

Expo

CI/CD

Cloud hosting

Monitoring & logging

A Practical Update Process

Every system is different. The common thread is a calm, production-minded workflow: understand risk, ship improvements, and keep the business moving.

Discovery & Access

1-3 days

Get access to the repo, deployment environment, and current pain points. Define what ‘better’ means (speed, reliability, UX, SEO, delivery velocity).

Audit & Prioritization

3-7 days

Review the codebase, dependencies, and architecture. Identify quick wins vs. higher-risk work, then propose a prioritized plan.

Stabilize & Fix the Biggest Issues

1-2 weeks

Resolve the riskiest bugs, improve stability, address security/dependency warnings, and create safer release practices.

Modernize Incrementally

Ongoing

Upgrade frameworks, refactor brittle areas, improve performance and Core Web Vitals, and enhance UX without blowing up scope.

Feature Enhancements

As needed

Add new features the right way—clean interfaces, tested behavior, and changes that don’t sabotage future development.

Ongoing Maintenance

Ongoing

Regular updates, monitoring, and support so the product stays healthy as the business grows.

What We Update & Improve

This service is for businesses that already have something live and need it to run better, look better, and be easier to change.

Websites

Marketing sites and content-heavy sites needing performance and SEO improvements, accessibility updates, and modern UI updates.

Web Applications

SaaS platforms, dashboards, and internal tools that need refactors, performance optimization, reliability work, and feature additions.

Mobile Apps

iOS & Android apps (including companion apps) that need stability improvements, UX updates, and incremental modernization.

Teams inheriting code

Founders and teams who inherited an older codebase and need a reliable senior engineer to get it back into a maintainable state.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Let’s Improve What You Already Have

If you need to update an existing website or modernize a web application, we’ll start with a calm review and give you a clear plan. No forced rebuilds—just practical improvements that respect your users and your constraints.

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