From prototype to production

You built it fast. We make it hold.

Your team built a useful app with an AI coding tool. Now it needs single sign-on, a security review, real CI/CD, and a home on your infrastructure. We get it there without starting over.

Tell us about your app How it works

Built with Lovable, Bolt, Replit, Cursor, v0, Copilot, or something else? We start from what you have.

Readiness review expense-approvals · Next.js + Supabase
  • API keys in the client bundle
    2 secrets shipped to every browser
    Fail
  • Row-level security on user tables
    Any signed-in user can read all expenses
    Fail
  • SSO through your identity provider
    Okta OIDC app requested
    Pending
  • CI pipeline with tests on every PR
    41 tests · green on main
    Pass
14 / 24 checksExample report

What we fix

The app works. It just isn't ready to be trusted yet.

AI tools are very good at the first 80%. The last 20% is what your security team, your auditors, and your users care about. That's our whole job.

Identity and access

Hard-coded users, homegrown login, everyone is an admin.

SSO through Okta, Entra ID, or Google, with roles that match your org.

Secrets and security

API keys in the frontend, no dependency scanning, open endpoints.

Secrets in a vault, scanned dependencies, a review your security team can sign.

Data

No access rules, no migrations, no backups, production data in dev.

Row-level security, versioned migrations, tested restores.

Build and release

Deploys from someone's laptop. No tests. One branch.

CI/CD with tests, preview environments, and one-click rollback.

Infrastructure

Lives on the vendor's sandbox, outside your network and your controls.

Containerized and running in your cloud, cluster, or data center.

Operations

Nobody knows it's down until someone emails.

Logs, metrics, alerts, and a runbook your team can follow.

How it works

Four steps from prototype to production.

We keep what works, fix what doesn't, and leave you with something your own team can run.

  1. 01

    Assess

    We read the code, run scans, and walk the app with you, then score it against a production checklist.

    → readiness report
  2. 02

    Shore up

    We fix findings in priority order as pull requests to your repository, with tests for each fix.

    → reviewed PRs
  3. 03

    Deploy

    We build the pipeline and ship to your environment, behind your identity provider and network controls.

    → running in prod
  4. 04

    Hand off or run

    Your team takes it with docs and runbooks, or we keep it patched and monitored for you.

    → runbook + on-call
We deploy to AWSAzureGoogle CloudKubernetesOpenShiftOn-premAir-gapped networks

Engagements

Start with an assessment. Decide from there.

Every engagement begins with a fixed-scope review. You get a clear report and a plan whether or not you hire us for the rest.

Start here

Readiness Assessment

A fixed-scope review of one application against our production checklist.

  • Code, dependency, and secrets scan
  • Architecture and data-access review
  • Prioritized findings with effort estimates
  • Walkthrough with your team

Fixed scope. Yours to keep.

Next step

Hardening Sprint

We fix the findings and get the app running in your environment.

  • SSO, roles, and secrets management
  • Tests and CI/CD pipeline
  • Containerized deployment to your platform
  • Logging, monitoring, and alerts

Scoped from the assessment.

Ongoing

Run & Support

We keep it patched, monitored, and improving after launch.

  • Dependency and security updates
  • Monitoring and incident response
  • Small features and fixes
  • Quarterly readiness re-check

Monthly, cancel any time.

Who's behind Shore Up

Built by someone who ships software that has to hold up.

Jay McNallie has spent more than 25 years building, securing, and deploying production software for commercial enterprises and for some of the most demanding government programs there are. He runs CI/CD and releases for open-source projects used in production, has put Kubernetes systems into fully disconnected environments, and has taken AI-built apps at a life sciences company through security review and into production on its own infrastructure.

Shore Up applies that discipline to apps built at AI speed. The tools changed how fast software gets written. They didn't change what it takes to run it safely.

Questions

Before you ask.

Do we have to rewrite the app?

Almost never. Most AI-built apps have sound bones. We keep the parts that work and fix the parts that don't, in place, as reviewed pull requests. If a rewrite really is cheaper, the assessment will say so and explain why.

Do you need access to our code and systems?

For the assessment, read access to the repository and a walkthrough of the running app. For the hardening work, we work in your repository and in whatever environment you give us, with access you control and can revoke.

Can you work in regulated or disconnected environments?

Yes. We work in regulated industries such as life sciences, and we've deployed into government networks and air-gapped environments. We work within your existing security controls, validation and approval processes, and change management.

Which AI tools and stacks do you support?

Whatever produced the code: Lovable, Bolt, Replit, Cursor, v0, Copilot, Claude, or a mix. The common stacks are React and Next.js front ends with Supabase, Firebase, Postgres, or Node back ends, and we handle others too.

What if our team wants to keep building on it?

Good. We leave tests, a pipeline, and documentation so your team, or your AI tools, can keep shipping safely. We can review their pull requests for a while if that helps.

Get an assessment

Tell us about your app.

A few details are enough to start. We reply within one business day.

  1. 1We review what you sendand ask any questions by email.
  2. 2A 30-minute callto see the app and agree on scope.
  3. 3The assessment startsand you get a written report.
We use these details only to reply about your app.