Launch Partner
Your app works. Let’s make sure it survives real users.
You moved fast, used AI, and got it built. Now you’re onboarding real users with real data — and the rough edges are starting to show. In three weeks, we add the testing, visibility, and release discipline your app needs to launch with confidence.
If this sounds familiar
You shipped fast. Now the cracks are showing.
Most founders we meet have the same story. They built a working V1 with AI in a few weeks. The product works in the demo. But when it comes time to put real users in front of it, the gaps in testing, monitoring, and release safety become impossible to ignore.
Bugs only your users see
Errors happen in production, but no one finds out until a user emails — or worse, quietly leaves. There’s no clear place to look when something breaks.
Every change feels risky
There are no tests on the parts of the app that matter most. A small fix in one place can break logins, sync, or payments — and you might not notice until tomorrow.
Code lives on one branch
Work goes straight to main. There’s no pull request, no second set of eyes, and no easy way to roll back when something goes sideways.
Security gaps you can’t see
Outdated dependencies, leaked secrets in git history, and missing access rules build up quietly — until they show up as the wrong kind of headline.
What you get
Six pillars of a launch-ready app.
We don’t rebuild your app. We add the layer of testing, visibility, and release safety that turns a working V1 into a product real users can rely on.
01
Production visibility
See every error before your users tell you about it.
- Errors, performance, and session replay wired in across browser, server, and background jobs
- Tracing that follows a single user request from the click to the database call
- Uptime checks and cron monitoring so silent failures stop being silent
- Personal information automatically scrubbed before anything leaves your app
02
Automated security monitoring
Catch vulnerabilities and leaked secrets as they happen.
- Dependency vulnerability alerts and version updates on autopilot
- Secret scanning and push protection so credentials never reach a public repo
- Weekly database advisor checks for missing access rules and risky configs
- A clear boundary between this engagement and any deeper security rebuild
03
Branch, PR, and review discipline
No more cowboy commits to main.
- Branch protection on main with required reviews and required checks
- A clean pull request template so every change has a summary, risk, and test plan
- A written branch and commit convention your whole team can follow
- Optional AI-powered code review on every PR
04
CI foundations
Type errors, lint issues, and broken code blocked before they ship.
- Type checking on every pull request
- Lint and formatting baseline that doesn’t require a mass rewrite
- A test runner job that’s green by default and ready for your first tests
- Database migration drift detection between your code and production
05
Test coverage where it matters
The parts of your app that handle money, data, and access — covered.
- Tests on auth, permissions, and tier-gating logic
- Tests on the math: pricing, sizing, calculations, totals
- Mocked happy-path tests for your most important external integrations
- Clear documentation so your team can keep adding tests after we’re gone
06
Runbooks, skills, and handoff
When something breaks at 2am, your team knows what to do.
- A written rollback runbook for redeploying and reverting migrations
- A triage runbook for turning a production error into a fix and a deploy
- Reusable skills your team and AI assistants can both follow
- A pre-launch checklist so you know exactly when you’re ready to open the doors
How it works
Three weeks. Fixed scope. No surprises.
Week 1
01Audit & foundations
We map your repo, set up branch protection and pull request flow, and wire up the first layer of error and uptime monitoring. By the end of the week, code changes are flowing through reviewable, traceable pull requests.
Week 2
02Safety net
We add automated security monitoring, distributed tracing across your most important user flows, and the first real unit tests on the parts of your app that handle money, data, and access.
Week 3
03Handoff & launch
We write the runbooks, the pre-launch checklist, and the rollback plan. Your team walks through them with us live, and you leave with a documented, repeatable launch process — not a black box.
Real example
From vibe-coded V1 to production-ready in three weeks.
A founder built a working personal finance app with AI. Logins worked. Financial accounts synced. The UI looked great in screenshots. Then it was time to onboard real users with real money — and the team hit a wall.
There were no tests on the parts of the app that mattered most. Code went straight to main with no review. Errors were landing in production with no easy way to see them. And no one was sure what would happen if a financial sync silently failed overnight.
In three weeks we added production error monitoring, session replay, distributed tracing, security automation, the first unit tests on the money paths, and a clear set of runbooks for the team. The founder kept building. We built the safety net underneath.
Full case study coming soon.
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production visibility tasks shipped in 3 weeks
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unit tests at start — core money paths now covered
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founder kept shipping while we built the safety net
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Questions
Things founders usually ask
No. We work with your existing codebase. The whole point of this engagement is to add the safety layer your app needs without restarting from scratch.
Yes. We design the guardrails to keep the speed you had, while removing the risk of breaking things. Your team — human or AI — keeps shipping.
We’ve worked across most modern web stacks. We’ll do a quick assessment on the discovery call to confirm fit before either of us commits.
Fixed scope, fixed price for the three-week engagement. We confirm the number on the discovery call once we’ve seen your repo and stack. No surprises mid-engagement.
You own everything we built — the tests, the runbooks, the monitoring. We can stay on through our Product Partner engagement, or step out cleanly.
Book a call
Ready to make your app launch-ready?
Book a 30-minute call. We’ll look at where your app is today, talk through what launch-ready means for your team, and tell you honestly whether this engagement is the right fit.