Failing software can be rescued — without a panic rewrite.
The vendor disappeared, the code is undocumented, and every change breaks something. We've inherited dozens of codebases in exactly that state. The rescue sequence starts with an audit, not a rebuild — and you keep ownership throughout.
At a glance
- 2017
- Founded
- 150+
- Clients served
- 1,550+
- Projects delivered
- 24h
- Response SLA
Why failing projects usually get rescued twice
Most "rescues" are really a second failed project wearing a fresh vendor logo. A new team inherits a codebase nobody documented, decides the fastest path is to rewrite it, and eighteen months later is explaining the same overrun to the same nervous stakeholders — because the business logic that made the old system painful was never actually understood, just discarded.
The panic rewrite is expensive in ways that don't show up until month four: features quietly disappear because nobody knew they existed, data migration turns into an archaeology project, and the business keeps running on the old system anyway — because the new one isn't ready — which means you're now paying for two systems and trusting neither.
We rescue in the opposite order: secure ownership first, audit before touching a line of code, stabilise what's already live, and only then decide — with evidence, not panic — whether to extend it or rewrite it on a real plan. Most inherited systems turn out to be worth keeping; the ones that don't get rebuilt on a migration path instead of a guess.
Our rescue guarantee
What's written into every rescue engagement.
Ownership secured before we review a single line of code
A written audit with a ranked list, not a verbal opinion
No pressure toward a rewrite — the audit decides, not our incentive
Replace-anytime engagement with a 24-hour response SLA from day one
Rescue, at a glance
- First responseFrom the rescue call
- 24 hrs
- Ownership securedCode, servers, every credential
- Week 1
- Written auditA ranked, actionable list
- Wks 2–3
- Stabilised & liveBackups, alerts, safe deploys
- By wk 6
Ownership always comes first — before an audit, before a single fix.
Sound familiar?
If two or more of these are true, a rescue engagement is the right starting point.
The original vendor has disappeared — or gone quiet at every milestone.
Nobody can explain how the system actually works, including the last team that touched it.
Every change breaks something that used to work.
There are no backups you've personally verified can be restored.
Deploying feels dangerous, so releases happen rarely and at night.
You're paying for "maintenance" that never seems to improve anything.
The rescue sequence
The same four-stage sequence every time — because panic rewrites lose business logic nobody documented, and land in the same place eighteen months later.
Week 1 — Secure ownership
Get the code, databases, servers and every credential under your control. We've seen rescues stall for weeks because the old vendor held deployment access. Ownership first, always — and it should have been yours from day one.
Weeks 2–3 — Written audit
What the system actually does, which parts are load-bearing, where the tests are (usually: nowhere), and which three changes would stabilise it most. The output is a ranked list you can act on — not a 60-page report nobody reads.
Weeks 3–6 — Stabilise
Automated backups you've actually restored, monitoring with alerts that reach a human, a deploy process that doesn't require heroics, and regression tests on the flows that make you money. The floor stops moving before we build on it.
Then — Extend, or rewrite with a plan
Only after stabilisation do we re-ask the rewrite question, with real information. Roughly a third of the time the answer is yes — but now it's a planned rewrite with a migration path, not an escape from a fire.
The other two-thirds of systems turn out to be worth keeping.
How we take them on
Any stack, any age
Legacy PHP, .NET, Node, Python — raw SQL, no tests, undocumented. We start where the code is, not where a pitch deck wishes it was.
No rewrite pressure
Our incentive is to stabilise, not to sell you a rebuild. The audit decides, and it's written down so you can hold us to it.
Incident-ready fast
Within the first month: monitoring with alerts, a rollback path and a named engineer who answers inside the 24-hour SLA.
Start with a rescue call — free, and confidential.
Bring the situation as it is. We'll tell you honestly whether it's a rescue, a rebuild or neither — in writing, within 3 days.
How we are performing right now
Updated September 2026 · Refreshed every quarter from our delivery tracker
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