Our team begins every rescue by thoroughly reviewing your existing project—assessing the code, infrastructure, user experience, and documentation. We'll clearly identify strengths, pinpoint areas requiring immediate attention, and create a pragmatic action plan designed to systematically tackle each challenge. You'll gain clarity, control, and confidence to move your project forward efficiently.
A capable and trustworthy provider: Scorchsoft has supported and developed successful projects for over fifteen years.
We understand the potential disruption of changing developers mid-project. Our structured onboarding process ensures a seamless handover, whether transitioning from an internal team or another provider.
Through transparent communication and regular progress updates, you'll always know exactly what's happening and when, minimising delays and keeping your stakeholders fully informed at every step.
Contact Scorchsoft to see how we can help steer your project in the right direction with expert hands. We've worked on a wide range of projects, using various technologies, and have a team of experts who know their craft.
Have you used AI to start your project but reached its limitations? We can help you refine, extend, and optimise AI-generated code, ensuring your idea transforms seamlessly from prototype to a polished, robust, production-quality application. Our team specialises in turning promising concepts into stable, scalable digital products.
Our developers bring your project to market-ready status by focusing on quality, scalability, security, and performance. We’ll ensure your app meets high professional standards, performs reliably, and provides a positive experience for your users, now and into the future.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q) What kinds of projects can you take over and rescue?
We specialise in rescuing and optimising mobile apps, web applications, SaaS platforms, and AI-generated software. Generally, we're taking projects that have started in some shape or form, but have hit a wall or a pit of despair.
Q) What technologies do you rescue?
We commonly take over projects built with modern frameworks like React, React Native, Laravel, Next.js, Node.js, .NET, and Django, using core languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, and C#. For mobile platforms, we support technologies like Expo, Capacitor, and Progressive Web Apps (PWA).
On the backend, we’re experienced with platforms like Firebase, Supabase, and AWS Lambda, and work regularly with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB. We’re also frequently called in to stabilise AI-assisted or no-code projects—early-stage prototype builds created using ChatGPT, Replit, GitHub Copilot, Bubble, or Glide—and evolve them into secure, scalable, production-ready applications. Our team is well-versed in infrastructure and deployment tools including Docker, Cloudflare, Netlify, Vercel, and CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
Even if your stack or language isn’t listed here, chances are we’ve worked with it—or can quickly assess it as part of our initial technical review.
Q) How quickly can you get started on my project?
We aim to begin the assessment and onboarding within 1–2 weeks, depending on availability. If your project is time-sensitive, we encourage you to reach out early so we can prioritise accordingly.
Q) Can you collaborate with my existing developers or freelancers?
Yes, we can collaborate with your existing developers or freelancers. However, please bear in mind that if we're involved in a project, our aim is to adopt best practices. For collaboration to be effective, teams must work together rather than in conflict, ensuring alignment towards a shared vision.
Q) Do you handle ongoing support and maintenance?
Yes, we can provide support and maintenance. In fact, if we take on this project, it would naturally involve us in support, maintenance, and ongoing development.
However, before entering into a contract, we would typically review the source code and require any relevant documentation. This ensures that all teams begin with a clear understanding of what they are taking on.
Q) My app code quality isn't great—can you still help?
Yes, if the code quality is poor, but it's in a language we support and doesn't require a complete rewrite, we can assist with refactoring. However, if significant work is needed, such as security modifications, we may advise against developing new features until the code quality is improved, technical debt is addressed, and security issues are resolved.
Q) Will my data and intellectual property remain secure during the handover?
Yes, we take security and confidentiality seriously, using robust agreements and secure processes to protect your data.
Our terms of engagement will outline the specifics regarding intellectual property. Typically, this means we include contract provisions to ensure that any intellectual property you own remains yours. This is subject to contract, as we recognise that the intellectual property position of each project may differ slightly and require a tailored approach.
Q) Do you provide cost estimates upfront?
We provide transparent, detailed cost estimates based on our initial assessment, which aims to avoid surprises along the way.
However, please be aware that for existing codebases, there can be a degree of risk and uncertainty regarding the amount of work required for development. While we may be able to provide fixed quotes for some tasks, others may need to be undertaken on a time and materials basis, based on estimates. We will keep you informed of our recommendations based on your current source code.
Q) Can you guarantee I won't have to start from scratch?
We aim to avoid starting from scratch unless we feel it's completely necessary.
Although we can't guarantee that we definitely won't need to start from scratch, our approach is to do everything possible to make the best commercial decision for you. If your existing setup is mostly in good working order but just needs some adjustments to become production-ready, we'll suggest ways to improve and optimise it rather than recommending a full rebuild.
Of course, there may be situations where what we're given is beyond repair, in which case a rebuild might be necessary. However, this is always a last resort, rather than the default.
Q) What if my documentation or source code is incomplete?
If the source code or documentation is incomplete, we can create it for you if you’d like. We can also estimate the development work required to complete the project tickets. Not just the tickets you’ve created, but to bring the project to a state you’re happy with.
