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12 August 2026·SaaS rescue · Security · AI pitfalls
Audit before you rewrite an AI-built app
Most vibe-coded apps need a scored punchlist, not a greenfield rewrite. How we severity-rate findings and turn them into modular finish work.
When a vibe-coded app wobbles, the expensive reflex is “rebuild it.” Usually that is wrong.
Industry finishing shops score apps across engineering layers — auth, data, security, deploy, tests, observability — and turn the report into the scope of work. That is the right instinct.
What a useful audit produces
- Severity-rated findings (launch blockers vs nice-to-haves)
- A scorecard you can hand to an engineer or an AI agent
- A punchlist that maps to modules, not vibes
- Clear “ship / harden / rewrite” recommendation
Why modular finish beats mystery retainers
- Fixed chunks of work with visible demos
- Budget goes to unique features, not re-billing boilerplate
- You keep the code; you buy the next module only if you need it
AppTime’s version
- Repo + threat pass
- Money path + auth matrix
- AI cost / injection controls
- Deploy and logging reality check
- Punchlist → rescue sprint
If you already know the last 20% is the hard part, start there — not with a blank repo.
Need this done for your product?
Cite waitlist, SaaS rescue, agents, extensions, or a security pass — tell us what you are building.
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