{"id":9122,"date":"2026-08-12T19:16:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T19:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.press-start.tech\/solutions\/ai-generated-software-maintenance\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T12:07:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T12:07:17","slug":"ai-generated-software-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.press-start.tech\/en\/solutions\/ai-generated-software-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintenance for AI-generated software"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nHome<\/a> \/ <\/span>Solutions<\/a> \/ <\/span>AI-generated software<\/span>\n<\/div>

\nMaintenance for AI-generated software: when vibe coding stalls<\/span>\n<\/h1>
\nYou built it in a weekend with Cursor, Lovable or ChatGPT. It worked. Then real customers arrived, along with the first bug the AI cannot explain and the change that breaks three other things. From here on you need someone who can read the code.\n<\/div>
\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Request a code review<\/span>\n\n \n \n <\/a>\n\n \n\n\n<\/div>
\nHave your software looked at<\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>
\n<\/use><\/svg>Fixed, stated audit fee<\/span><\/use><\/svg>We don't start by rewriting<\/span><\/use><\/svg>You own the code<\/span>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\nThe problem\n<\/div>

\nWhat nobody
told you.\n<\/h2><\/div>
\nIf this sounds like you, nothing went wrong: you validated an idea at minimum cost. Now comes the next step.\n<\/div><\/div>
\nWhat generated code tends to look like\n<\/div>
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\nCode that works, and nobody knows why\n<\/div>
\nNot even the AI that wrote it, in a fresh session.\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\nNo tests, no documentation\n<\/div>
\nEvery change is a jump in the dark.\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\nImprovised security\n<\/div>
\nAPI keys in the code, wide-open permissions, exposed data.\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\nFragile dependencies\n<\/div>
\nDeprecated libraries, incompatible versions, updates that break everything.\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\nArchitecture that won't scale\n<\/div>
\nPerfect for 10 users, collapses at 500.\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\nThe good side\n<\/div>
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\nYou validated an idea at minimum cost\n<\/div>
\nAI coding tools made it possible to build software without knowing how to program. That is a good thing: ideas that used to die in a drawer now become products.\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\nUsually a lot can be saved\n<\/div>
\nRewriting from scratch is almost always the lazy answer. First you work out what survives \u2014 normally more than you expect.\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\nThe method\n<\/div>

\nWhat we do.\n<\/h2>
\nFive steps, in this order. Security comes before everything else.\n<\/div>
\n01\n<\/div>
\nCode audit\n<\/div>
\nWe read all of it: structure, security, dependencies, breaking points. You get a report with priorities: what is urgent, what can wait, what has to be rebuilt.\n<\/div><\/div>
\n02\n<\/div>
\nSecuring it\n<\/div>
\nWe close the holes: exposed credentials, permissions, backups, GDPR. Before anything else.\n<\/div><\/div>
\n03\n<\/div>
\nConsolidation\n<\/div>
\nAutomated tests, documentation, refactoring of the critical parts. The software stops being a black box.\n<\/div><\/div>
\n04\n<\/div>
\nOngoing maintenance\n<\/div>
\nMonthly retainer: monitoring, updates, fixes and small improvements. Your software finally has someone answering for it.\n<\/div><\/div>
\n05\n<\/div>
\nEvolution\n<\/div>
\nWhen it needs to grow, we build the new features \u2014 with AI as a tool, not as the only author.\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\nWe do not take on maintenance for software with critical holes still open.<\/b> That would be selling you a plaster.\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\nThe difference\n<\/div>

\nWhy we are
the right people for this.\n<\/h2>
\nWe use AI to build software every day. We know the patterns generated code falls into, and the mistakes it repeats. We are not starting from zero to decipher it.\n<\/div>
\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Send us the repository<\/span>\n\n \n \n <\/a>\n\n \n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\nRecovering orphaned code is one of our two specialisations\n<\/div>
\nVibe coding is the 2026 version of the developer who vanished. \u2192 Software Rescue<\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\nWe don't judge, and we don't propose rebuilding everything\n<\/div>
\nFirst we work out what can be saved. Usually a lot.\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\nYou own the code, our processes are ISO 9001\n<\/div>
\nDocumented, and yours.\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\nWe use AI, we don't submit to it\n<\/div>
\nIt is a tool in our workflow, with human review on everything we ship.\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\nWho this is for\n<\/div>

\nWho tends to
end up here.\n<\/h2><\/div>
\nFour different situations with the same thing underneath.\n<\/div><\/div>
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\nNon-technical founders\n<\/div>
\nWith an AI-generated MVP that has found its first paying customers.\n<\/div><\/div>
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\nCompanies with an internal tool gone critical\n<\/div>
\nThe one person who tinkers built something that now holds up a business process.\n<\/div><\/div>
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\nStartups going to production\n<\/div>
\nPrototyped with Lovable, Bolt or Replit, now needing a product that holds.\n<\/div><\/div>
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\nAgencies\n<\/div>
\nThey shipped AI-generated projects and now cannot maintain them.\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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FAQ<\/p>

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