Vibe-coded MVP to production
Your prototype works. Production is a different problem.
You shipped something real with Lovable, Bolt, v0, Cursor or Replit — and it proved the idea. Now it has customers, data and risk. Golux Group audits vibe-coded applications and rebuilds them into custom software you can secure, scale, operate and own.
Audit first, rewrite only where it is genuinely needed.
When to migrate
Signs your AI-generated app has outgrown the tool that built it
None of these mean the prototype was a mistake. They mean the product has moved past what generated scaffolding can carry safely.
Security and data access are unclear
Nobody can say with confidence which users can read which rows, or where API keys actually live.
No tests, no environments
Every change goes straight to the users who pay you, and the only way to verify it is to click around.
Feature velocity is falling
Each new feature breaks two old ones, and prompts that once produced a screen now produce regressions.
The data model fights you
Tables were shaped for the first demo, so reporting, billing and permissions all need workarounds.
Costs rise faster than usage
Unbounded queries, chatty AI calls and duplicated logic make every new customer more expensive than the last.
Ownership is fuzzy
No documentation, no architecture decisions written down, and no engineer who could take over on Monday.
Compliance is now a real question
An enterprise buyer, an investor or a regulator is asking for answers your current setup cannot give.
It only runs in one place
The app is locked to the platform that generated it, and moving it is a project nobody has scoped.
What we take over
A senior team steps into the codebase you already have
We start by understanding what exists, not by throwing it away. The audit ends with a written recommendation you can act on with or without us.
Codebase and architecture audit
What the application actually does, how it is structured, what is generated boilerplate and what is real product logic.
Security and data review
Authentication, authorisation, row-level access, secret handling, third-party integrations and personal data exposure.
Data model and migration path
The schema you need next, and how to get your live data there without downtime or lost records.
Rebuild-or-refactor decision
A module-by-module call on what survives, what gets rewritten, and in which order — with effort and risk attached.
Infrastructure and delivery
Environments, CI, observability, backups and release process, so shipping stops being an act of faith.
Handover and continuity
Documented architecture and a team that can keep building — yours, ours, or a mix.
How the migration runs
Four steps from prototype to production system
You keep serving customers throughout. We migrate in slices, starting with the parts where failure would cost you most.
- 01
Audit
One to two weeks. We read the code, map the data, test the security assumptions and quantify the risk. You get a written report and a prioritised plan.
- 02
Migration plan
Target architecture, technology choices, scope, sequence, budget range and timeline — agreed before a line of production code is written.
- 03
Rebuild the risky core
Auth, data layer, billing and integrations get engineered properly first, with tests and environments, while the rest of the product keeps running.
- 04
Handover and continuity
Documentation, monitoring and a roadmap. Your team takes it forward, or we stay on as the engineering team behind it.
Keep vs rebuild
Most of what you learned survives. Most of the plumbing does not.
An honest split, based on the migrations we run. The exact line moves per project — the audit is what settles it.
Usually keeps its value
- Product decisions and validated scope
- UI layouts, flows and copy
- Design direction and brand assets
- Domain logic that already matches reality
- Your live customer data
- Third-party accounts and integrations
Usually gets rebuilt
- Authentication and access control
- Database schema and query layer
- Server-side business logic and APIs
- AI calls, prompts and cost controls
- Infrastructure, environments and CI
- Error handling, logging and monitoring
What we migrate to
A mainstream stack your future engineers can hire for
No exotic frameworks and no lock-in to us. Everything we build is standard, documented and handed over.
- TypeScript
- React
- Node.js
- Python
- PostgreSQL
- REST & GraphQL APIs
- OpenAI & Anthropic APIs
- AWS
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- CI/CD pipelines
- Observability & logging
Questions we get asked
Migrating from vibe coding to custom software
- Was building with vibe coding a waste of time?
- No. A working prototype is the cheapest way to validate a product, and it removes most of the guesswork from the rebuild. You arrive at the engineering phase knowing what the product should do, which is where projects usually fail.
- Do you rewrite everything from scratch?
- Rarely. Interface, flows and validated product logic usually stay. The rewrite concentrates on authentication, the data layer, server-side logic and infrastructure — the parts where generated code carries the most risk.
- How much does it cost to move an AI-generated app to production?
- The audit is a fixed, small engagement. The migration itself depends on how much real product logic exists and how strict your security and compliance needs are. Our project calculator gives an indicative range in a few minutes, and the audit replaces it with a firm number.
- How long does the migration take?
- Audits run one to two weeks. A focused migration of the risky core typically takes six to twelve weeks. Larger platforms are sequenced in slices so value ships continuously rather than in one release.
- Can we keep shipping features while you migrate?
- Yes. We migrate in slices behind stable interfaces, so the live product keeps working and your roadmap keeps moving. Freezing a product for a rewrite is the failure mode we design around.
- Who owns the code afterwards?
- You do — the repositories, the infrastructure accounts and the documentation. There is no proprietary layer that requires us to stay.
- Can you make the app enterprise and compliance ready?
- That is usually the trigger for the migration. We cover access control, audit trails, data retention, encryption, backups and environment separation, and document how each requirement is met.
- What if we want to stay on the platform we built with?
- Sometimes that is the right answer, and we will say so. In those cases we harden what exists — security, data model, tests, monitoring — instead of selling you a rebuild you do not need.
Related reading: how to build an MVP, legacy software modernization and how we work.
Next step
Bring us the prototype. We will tell you what it takes to make it production-grade.
A short call, then a written audit with the risks, the plan and the numbers. No obligation to continue with us afterwards.
