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AI production rescue 2 weeks to stabilise, then ongoing

Take an AI prototype to production

I take over half-built AI codebases: 2 weeks to stabilise, then ongoing work to extend them. The usual gaps are the same ones: no fallback when the API times out, no way to measure correctness, and nothing anyone can deploy.

Who it is for

  • Teams with an AI feature that demos well and cannot ship.
  • Codebases whose original developer has gone.

What the work covers

  • A read of the codebase, and a written list of what is broken and what is risky.
  • A deploy path that works, with the failure cases handled.
  • Measurement, so you can tell whether the output is correct.
  • Then ongoing work to extend it, on a codebase you can hand to the next engineer.

Proof

  • Patient portal request-a-consult flow with seven consult types, consult costs and the patient inbox.

    Telehealth platform

    Patients request an online consultation and see a registered doctor by video; four portals run on one platform, live in production in Australia.

    • React
    • Node.js
    • REST APIs
  • Public home, deed-restriction search and resources pages of a community portal its staff run through a CMS.

    Property management portal

    A community portal for a property owners' association: staff build pages and forms without a developer; residents search records, file requests and pay online.

    • React
    • Redux
    • Tailwind CSS

Questions

What happens in the first two weeks?
I read the code, get it deploying reliably, and fix what makes it fall over. You get a written list of what remains and in what order.
Do you rewrite everything?
No, my preference is to stabilise what exists and replace parts only where they cannot be fixed. A rewrite that stops shipping for months is the outcome to avoid.
What if the project should not be built at all?
Then I will say so. Sometimes the cleanest path forward is "don't build that."

Tell me what you’re building and where it’s stuck.

I’ll tell you the cleanest path forward, including if it’s “don’t build that.”

Or write tocontact@alihassan.dev

Ali Hassan in a dark winter jacket, looking off to one side, standing in a stone courtyard with a minaret and cloudy sky behind him.