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For AI-Built Products That Need Real Engineering

Your Product Shipped. Your Foundation Didn't.

You built with Claude. Cursor. Lovable. Bolt. Replit. It launched fast. Now the codebase is fragile, undocumented, and one bad deploy from catastrophe.

We come in after the vibe. We fix the foundation.

Not a Rewrite — A Recovery
Product Stays Live
By TunerLabs — AI Engineers Since 2012
12+
Years of Engineering
4–8
Weeks, Not Months
50+
Projects Delivered
0
Product Downtime

The Vibe Coding Aftermath

You Don't Have a Tech Problem. You Have a Foundation Problem.

More than 80% of engineers using agentic coding tools are using them without full architectural context. The LLM doesn't build your product — it builds a version of your product. With assumptions. With gaps. With an expiry date.

You don't see it on launch day. You see it when everything cracks.

Edge Cases Crash Production

It works in the demo. It breaks when a paying customer does something slightly unexpected at 2am. Your AI built the happy path — and nothing else.

Security Gaps Baked In

LLMs don't question requirements — they comply. No input validation. Hardcoded secrets. SQL injection vectors that passed every AI-generated test because the tests were generated by the same AI.

Slowing Down Every Sprint

Your team shipped fast for 3 months. Now every change takes 3x longer. Nobody understands the architecture. Every fix creates two new bugs. Velocity is cratering.

No One Understands the Codebase

Not the founder. Not the first engineer. Not the LLM that wrote it. Open the repo and there is no architecture — just thousands of lines of context-free, pattern-less code that somehow works.

Scaling Breaks Everything

You found traction. Users are growing. And now the database queries that took 50ms are taking 12 seconds. The free-tier cloud bill just became a six-figure problem. Nothing was built for load.

Engineers Join and Go Quiet

You hire a senior engineer. They open the repo. They go quiet for two days. Then they ask, 'Who wrote this?' — and the answer is 'Claude, Cursor, and four all-nighters.'

The Fix

Rescue Engineering by TunerLabs

We come in after the vibe. We map what you actually have. Stabilize what's breaking. Re-architect what won't survive scale. Optimize your AI agents and coding workflows so the same problems don't come back. And hand your team back a codebase they can own, understand, and build a real company on.

This is not a rewrite from scratch. This is triage with a path forward.

How It Works

From Triage to Handoff in 4–8 Weeks

1

Triage & Assessment

Week 1

We map your entire codebase — architecture, dependencies, security posture, test coverage, infrastructure. You get a Rescue Report: a brutally honest assessment of what works, what is fragile, and what will break next.

Deliverable: Rescue Report with severity-ranked findings
2

Stabilize & Secure

Week 2–3

We fix the critical issues first. Security holes get patched. Production-crashing bugs get resolved. Error handling gets added where the AI forgot. Your app stops breaking in front of customers.

Deliverable: Stable, secure production environment
3

Re-Architect & Refactor

Week 3–6

We introduce real architecture. Modularize the monolith. Add proper abstractions. Write the tests the AI never wrote. Document the system so your team can actually reason about it. This is not a rewrite — it is targeted surgery.

Deliverable: Documented, modular, testable codebase
4

Handoff & Ownership Transfer

Week 6–8

We walk your team through every change. Architecture decision records. Runbooks for common operations. A clear technical roadmap for the next 6 months. You own the codebase again — this time, for real.

Deliverable: ADRs, runbooks, and 6-month technical roadmap
5

Agentic Workflow Optimization

Ongoing

We optimize your AI coding agents, skills, and agentic frameworks so the same problems don't resurface. Your team keeps shipping with AI tools — but now with guardrails, context management, and architectural constraints that prevent the next generation of tech debt.

Deliverable: Optimized AI agent configs, coding guardrails, and best-practice playbook

Deliverables

What You Get Back

Rescue Report

A comprehensive technical assessment: architecture map, dependency audit, security scan, performance baseline, and severity-ranked issues with remediation priority.

Security Hardening

Auth flows audited. Input validation added. Secrets rotated and externalized. OWASP Top 10 addressed. The vulnerabilities your AI assistant never mentioned — fixed.

Codebase Refactoring

Spaghetti untangled into modules. Dead code removed. Naming conventions normalized. Abstractions introduced where repetition lives. A codebase humans can read.

Test Coverage

Unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests for critical paths. The tests the AI never wrote — because it was too busy generating features nobody asked it to test.

Performance Optimization

Database queries profiled and optimized. N+1 queries eliminated. Caching strategy implemented. Infrastructure right-sized so your cloud bill stops being a surprise.

Architecture Documentation

System diagrams, data flow maps, API documentation, architecture decision records. Your next hire opens the repo and understands it in hours — not weeks.

AI Agent & Workflow Optimization

We optimize your AI coding agents, skills, and agentic frameworks — adding guardrails, context management, and architectural constraints so your team keeps shipping with AI without recreating the same problems.

Why Not Just Rewrite?

Full Rewrite vs. Rescue Engineering

MetricFull RewriteRescue Engineering
Timeline4–8 months4–8 weeks
RiskHigh (new bugs, lost features)Low (incremental, tested changes)
Cost6–10x higherScoped to your needs
Business ContinuityProduct offline or frozenProduct stays live throughout
Team DisruptionAll hands on rewriteTeam continues shipping features
Knowledge PreservedStart from zeroBuilt on what already works
AI Workflow OptimizationSame problems resurfaceAgents, skills & guardrails optimized

Foundations Can Be Fixed.

Get a free Rescue Assessment. We will tell you exactly what is broken, what is at risk, and what it takes to fix it. No commitment — just clarity.

30-minute call. We review your repo. You get a Rescue Report.

12+

Years in AI Engineering

50+

Projects Delivered

3

Proprietary AI Layers

Bengaluru

India HQ, Global Clients

Why TunerLabs

We Built With AI Before It Was Cool. We Know Where It Breaks.

TunerLabs has been engineering AI-native systems since 2012 — long before vibe coding existed. We build AI agents, LLM-powered products, and production ML pipelines for companies worldwide. We know exactly what AI-generated code gets right and where it silently fails.

12+ years of AI and software engineering in production
Built AutoForge — our own autonomous AI development team
Deep expertise in Claude, GPT, Gemini, and open-source LLMs
We audit AI-generated code daily — we know every anti-pattern
Bengaluru-based team, globally deployed projects
We optimize your AI agents, skills, and coding frameworks to prevent future issues
We don't just fix code — we transfer ownership back to your team

We Build AI Products

We don't just rescue code — we build AI-native products from scratch. AutoForge, our autonomous AI dev team, powers real-world software delivery. We understand AI-generated code because we create it every day.

We Transfer Ownership

Our goal is to make ourselves unnecessary. Every refactoring decision is documented. Every architecture choice is explained. Your team walks away understanding and owning the codebase — not depending on us.

We Know the AI Anti-Patterns

Duplicated logic because the LLM lost context between files. Auth flows that look correct but skip validation. N+1 queries that the AI generated because it optimized per-file, not per-system. We've seen them all.

Is This You?

Who Rescue Engineering Is Built For

Startups That Shipped with AI Tools

You used Claude, Cursor, Lovable, Bolt, or Replit to build your MVP. It launched. Users showed up. Now the codebase is held together with duct tape and you need real engineering before the next fundraise.

Founders Who Found Traction

The product-market fit is there. Revenue is growing. But your infrastructure was built for 100 users and you have 10,000. Scaling will break everything — unless someone fixes the foundation first.

Teams Losing Velocity

Your engineers are spending 70% of their time fighting the codebase instead of building features. Every sprint takes longer than the last. Nobody wants to touch the core modules.

CTOs Inheriting a Mess

You just joined as CTO or VP Eng and inherited a codebase that was vibe-coded before you arrived. You need to stabilize it, earn the team's trust, and chart a path forward — fast.

Companies Facing Security Exposure

You handle user data, payments, or sensitive information — and your AI-built app was never security-audited. One breach could end the company. You need an assessment yesterday.

Pre-Fundraise & Pre-Acquisition

Investors and acquirers will diligence your code. A fragile codebase with no tests, no docs, and security holes is a valuation killer. Fix it before the term sheet, not during.

“If your product works but you're scared to touch it — if you know something is wrong but can't explain what — if your engineers are shipping slower every sprint and nobody knows why — you don't have a tech problem. You have a foundation problem.”

And foundations can be fixed.

Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Rescue Engineering?
Rescue Engineering is a structured service for startups and companies whose codebases were built quickly — often with AI coding tools — and are now fragile, undocumented, or breaking under real usage. We assess, stabilize, re-architect, and hand your team back a codebase they can own.
Is this a full rewrite?
No. A rewrite is risky, expensive, and takes months. Rescue Engineering is targeted surgery — we preserve what works, fix what is broken, and re-architect what will not survive scale. Your product stays live throughout the process.
How long does it take?
Most rescue engagements run 4–8 weeks depending on codebase size and severity. Week 1 is assessment. Weeks 2–6 are stabilization and refactoring. Weeks 6–8 are documentation and handoff. Urgent triage can start within 48 hours.
How much does it cost?
Every codebase is different, so we scope pricing after the initial assessment. The cost depends on codebase size, number of services, infrastructure complexity, and severity of issues. Book a free Rescue Assessment and we will give you a clear, no-surprise quote within 48 hours.
We used Cursor / Claude / Lovable / Bolt — is that a problem?
Not at all — that is exactly who this service is for. The tool is not the problem. The problem is that AI coding tools generate code without full system context, which creates architectural gaps, security blind spots, and technical debt that compounds over time. We fix the gaps.
Can your team work with our existing engineers?
Absolutely. We prefer it. Rescue Engineering is designed to transfer knowledge, not create dependency. Your engineers participate in architecture reviews, learn the refactoring approach, and own the result. Our goal is to make ourselves unnecessary.
What if the codebase is really bad?
We have seen it all — codebases with no tests, no version control, hardcoded production credentials, and architecture that is one bad deploy from catastrophic data loss. The Rescue Report tells you exactly how bad it is, and the remediation plan gives you a path forward regardless of severity.
Do you work with specific tech stacks?
We work across the modern stack: React, Next.js, Node.js, Python, Django, FastAPI, Go, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, AWS, GCP, Azure, and more. If it was built with AI tools, we have likely seen the patterns — and the anti-patterns.

Stop Worrying. Start Fixing.

Your product works. Let's make sure it keeps working — at 10x the scale, with a team that understands every line. Rescue starts this week.

Questions? Reach us at shyam@tunerlabs.com

Rescue Engineering by TunerLabs, a specialist AI engineering company in Bengaluru, India. Since 2012.