Software rescue · San Diego
Our software rescue services help companies whose app or platform is late, unstable or left behind by a previous team. We find out what you actually have, fix what hurts users first and give you an honest plan: continue, refactor or rebuild. Our team is in San Diego County and also runs its own SaaS product in production.
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Most rescues start with one of these situations. If several of them sound familiar, it is time for an outside review.
A freelancer or agency stopped responding, and nobody else knows how the code is built or deployed.
Every sprint ends with “almost done”. The launch date has moved three times and the budget is gone.
Bugs return after every release because there are no tests and the code is tightly coupled.
Crashes, slow pages, failed payments or data errors that customers notice before you do.
Source code, servers, domains or store accounts sit in someone else’s name.
Old framework versions, unsupported libraries or an app the App Store now rejects.
We help you recover repositories, hosting, domains and store accounts and move them under your company’s ownership.
We review code quality, architecture, security, infrastructure and open bugs. You get a written report ranked by risk and cost.
We fix crashes, data issues and security holes first, add monitoring and set up a safe way to deploy.
Together we choose to continue on the current code, refactor it step by step or rebuild the weakest parts.
Regular releases with tests, a shared board and demos, so you always know where the project stands.
A rewrite is not always the answer. We recommend one of three paths based on the audit, not on what is easier for us.
| Criteria | Continue | Refactor | Rebuild |
|---|---|---|---|
| When it fits | Code is reasonable, the problem was process or people | Core logic works but parts are fragile or hard to change | Architecture blocks key features or the stack is unsupported |
| Time to next release | Shortest | Short, in parallel with fixes | Longest |
| Risk | Low | Medium, done in small steps | Higher, needs careful data migration |
Describe the project, the stack and where it stands now. We’ll reply within one business day with questions and next steps for an audit.
Orcatec is our own field service platform with a web app and iOS and Android apps. Keeping it stable for paying customers is the same work a rescue needs.
We designed, built and still run Orcatec, a field service management platform used by home services companies to sell, schedule, dispatch, invoice and get paid, in the office and in the field.
Read the case study →A rescue starts small, so you can judge our work before committing to a long project.
from $4,000
80+ hours · 2–4 weeks
A review of code, infrastructure and security with a written plan you can use with any team.
from $16,000
320+ hours · 1–3 months
One module stabilized or rebuilt first, to prove the approach with low risk.
from $64,000
1,280+ hours · 4–8 months
The system moved to a modern stack step by step, with no big-bang cutover.
from $192,000
3,840+ hours · 8+ months
Full modernization of large or business-critical systems.
Hourly rate: $50–70 per hour. Package prices start at the minimum hours × $50. You get a fixed quote after a free discovery call.
We do not start by blaming the previous team. Most failed projects have unclear scope, missing tests and no one owning releases. We fix those habits along with the code, so the same problems do not return.
For San Diego companies we can sit down in person to walk through the audit and the plan. You get one accountable team for code, QA and infrastructure, and you own every account and line of code.
Can you take over a project without the previous developer’s help?
How long does a code audit take?
Will you just tell us to rewrite everything?
Do you rescue software projects for San Diego businesses on-site?
What technologies can you take over?
Can you keep the product running while you fix it?
Manual and automated testing for web and mobile apps: real devices, regression suites, performance checks and safer releases.
Learn more →CI/CD, cloud infrastructure on AWS, GCP or Azure, monitoring, cost control and automated mobile app releases.
Learn more →Web applications, SaaS products, internal tools and integrations built around how your business actually works.
Learn more →Native iOS and Android, React Native and Flutter apps, from first prototype to App Store release and support.
Learn more →A full-time team of developers, designers and QA that works only on your product, managed with you, billed monthly.
Learn more →Tell us what you want to build. We’ll reply within one business day with questions and next steps.