Software takeover and stabilization
Software takeover and stabilization for businesses whose developer, agency, or vendor has left, or gone quiet. We recover access, put out the fires, document what is actually running, and stabilize the system so normal engineering is possible again. You end with the keys, the map, and a system that no longer depends on one person.
The keys
access, credentials, ownership
The map
architecture, dependencies, risks
The docs
runbooks, run instructions
A system that no longer depends on one person.
WHEN YOU NEED THIS
WHAT'S INCLUDED
- Access and credential recovery across code, cloud, domains, and third-party services
- Production triage: fires identified and put out first
- System inventory: what runs where, talking to what, costing what
- Architecture documentation of the system as it actually is, not as described
- Critical bug fixes
- Deployment pipeline restored or rebuilt, with environments untangled
- Secrets audit: keys rotated out of client bundles, repos, and inboxes
- Monitoring and alerting so failures find you before users do
- Test coverage on the flows that make money
- Risk register: what is fragile and what fixing it would take
- Runbook plus handover session so the next engineer is never stranded
WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED
- New feature development (follows stabilization)
- Legal action support against the previous vendor
- Guarantees about code we have not read yet (the assessment comes first)
HOW WE DELIVER IT
Access, credentials, and repositories secured in your accounts.
FAQ
Honest answers to the questions that show up most.
Usually. Access recovery across registrars, cloud providers, and repositories is the first week of work. Where legal ownership is unclear, we tell you exactly what we can and cannot touch.
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