specialist software takeover
The code exists. The outcome does not.
When a build stalls, the first job is not writing more code. It is establishing what you own, what runs, what is exposed, and which path protects the remaining investment.
when to call
The situation is uncertain. The next spend should not be.
- Your agency stopped answering, closed, or changed ownership mid-build.
- An offshore team delivered code nobody can deploy or maintain.
- A key developer left and operational knowledge left with them.
- A customer, franchisee, or partner is waiting on a promised system.
- A budget, renewal, or write-off decision is approaching.
- Repositories, cloud accounts, domains, credentials, or vendor relationships are not clearly owned by your company.
- The software runs, but security, privacy, reliability, or support obligations are unknown.
what happens first
Software Rescue Assessment
A bounded review creates a defensible finish, rebuild, replace, or retire decision before recovery-level money is committed.
- Access, ownership, repository, hosting, and deployment inventory
- Immediate security, continuity, dependency, and data risks
- Architecture, delivery, integration, and operability evidence as required
- Executive decision summary, salvage map, and ranked risk record
- Options, total ownership costs, scope, exclusions, and acceptance criteria
- Fixed-price implementation proposal when responsible
- Operational handoff and exit path
Stackporch’s $200/hour rate card builds the fixed price after the codebase, systems, and evidence requirements are understood.
a rescue means more than “it runs”
Security and delivery are part of the verdict.
A system is not rescued because it runs on one laptop. The review follows evidence across source control, build and deployment paths, identities, secrets, cloud boundaries, third-party packages, data access, integrations, logging, backup, restore, and incident ownership.
Stackporch does not sell a certification or claim that a scan proves security. The assessment records observed conditions, business exposure, recommended actions, owners, and validation steps.
what the engagement is—and is not