You inherited a codebase. We make it shippable again.
The developer is gone, nobody dares to deploy, and every change breaks something else. We find out what is actually there, stabilise it, and get the next release out.
What is a rescue mission?
A rescue mission is not a new project but the adoption of an existing one. The software is already there — it runs, it is needed, but nobody can safely develop it further any more. We take that codebase over: understand it first, then stabilise it, then ship from it again.
It always starts with an audit and a written assessment, not with programming. Only afterwards do you decide how to proceed — repair, renew step by step, or retire it calmly. That order is the whole point: nobody can seriously quote for a codebase they have not read.
The outcome is open and we say so upfront. Sometimes the answer is that a rebuild comes cheaper than the repair. You get that in writing with the reasoning too — before you put money into something that is no longer worth it.
Rescue missions
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You know where you stand
A written assessment first: what works, what is dangerous, what the repair costs. Before anyone touches the code.
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Deploying stops being scary
Tests around the critical paths and a pipeline that catches mistakes before your customers do.
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It moves again
The release that has been stuck for months goes live — and the next one takes days.
When a rescue mission is the right call
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The developer is gone
The agency is unreachable or the employee resigned. There is code, but nobody who knows it.
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Nobody dares to deploy
The last change went wrong, and since then everything stays as it is. Necessary adjustments pile up.
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A security issue is pressing
A scan raises an alarm, dependencies are years old or a certificate is expiring — and someone who knows what they are doing has to step in.
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A release is stuck
The feature is finished but has not gone live for months. We get exactly that release out.
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Before an acquisition
You want to buy a company or a product and need an honest assessment of what the software is really worth.
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Your team is taking over
We bring the codebase into a state where in-house engineers can carry on — and hand it over documented.
- An audit of code, dependencies and infrastructure, in writing
- The security and update backlog, sorted by actual risk
- Tests around the places that must not break
- A deployment pipeline and reproducible environments
- The next release, shipped
- A handover so your team can carry on — with or without us
Four steps. Then it's live.
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Tell us your needs
30-min call. We listen. We don't pitch.
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Scope and quote
Fixed price, fixed timeline, signed in days.
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Weekly demos
Adjustment opportunities every week — you steer, we ship.
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Ship and support
We don't disappear. Two months of support included.
Sound like your project?
Tell us the version of this you are dealing with. We reply within one business day — a real engineer reading your message, no slide deck.