Vibe Code Rescue · New York

Vibe Code Rescue
in New York

Cursor or Claude Code shipped your MVP. We rebuild the engine without throwing the product away.

A founder ships an MVP in a weekend with Cursor or Claude Code. Six months later we get the email. Stripe is leaking, Supabase is wide open, four auth patterns coexist, every senior who looks at the codebase quits within a week. We rescue this kind of project weekly. The product won the customer. We don't throw the product away. We replace the engine in two weeks, keep the brand, keep the customers, hand back a codebase the next engineer can actually maintain.

Get a Vibe Code Rescue quote New York overview

Engagement shape

From

$1,000

Flat price, quoted after 30-min call

Timeline

14 days

First production deploy

Senior engineer, named

Day 1

Code in your GitHub

Retainer, equity, lock-in

How this works

One AI-native engineer.
The output of a team.

One senior engineer plus AI agents now ships vibe code rescue that used to need a four-person team. Same code quality, half the cost, three-week timelines instead of three months. Built for pre-seed to Series A founders in New York who need to ship before the next round closes.

The local read

Why vibe code rescue is hard in New York

NYC founders have a worse hiring problem than the funding headlines suggest. Half your top engineering candidates are weighing your seed offer against a $400K Google package. The dev shops in town are agency-of-record operations billing hourly, or staffing shops shoveling juniors into your team.

We're neither. One named senior engineer owns the build end-to-end. Flat price quoted after a 30-minute call. Eastern Time, same as your General Catalyst partner and your midtown customers. When we finish, the code is in your GitHub and the contract is over. No retainer.

Hiring one senior engineer here is a ~$310K year-one outlay and a 60–90 day search. Our vibe code rescue engagement starts at $1,000 with a first deploy in 14 days.

Did you know · New York

NYC has roughly 25,000 active tech startups, second only to the Bay Area in the US.

Time zone

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Eastern Time, same as you. Meetings happen during your morning coffee, not midnight Slack pings.

Sectors in New York

FintechAI infrastructureMedia techB2B SaaSConsumer tech

Stack we use

Next.jsCursor / Claude CodeSupabase / PostgresStripeClerk / Auth.jsSentry

What you actually get

Concrete deliverables.
Live in 14 days.

No discovery phase that bills for itself. No Figma-only delivery. Every item below is something you can open, click, and ship to a user.

48-hour written audit covering auth, RLS, secrets, money handling, observability

Foundation week: key rotation, RLS lockdown, CI with real test suite, Sentry + logs

Migration: production cutover with zero downtime, old stack running in parallel for 72 hours

Documented handoff so the next engineer doesn't quit on day one

Why us

Why founders in New York pick us for this

We have rescued ten vibe-coded apps this year — same seven defects every time

We don't rebuild from scratch — roughly 60 percent of your existing code stays untouched

We leave the codebase set up for Claude Code / Cursor with guardrails, not stripped of them

Flat-price quote in 48 hours after the audit, no scope-creep negotiations

Vibe Code Rescue we've shipped

Founders we shipped vibe code rescue with

Real founders, real product, real testimonials. The kind of vibe code rescue work we'd do for you in New York.

Content Platform · 2022

Sweet and Savory Meals

Homemade recipes blog and e-commerce platform for food lovers. Easy and delicious dishes with integrated recipe management and shopping features.

Visit the product

“When we started, there was no website, no technical foundation, just an idea and a clear vision of what I wanted to build. Valery and the Start Matter team took that vision seriously and helped me turn it into a real product from scratch. What I appreciated most was how easy and human the collaboration felt. They listened carefully, explained things in a way I could understand, and genuinely cared about building something that would work long-term, not just "finish a task." I always felt supported and involved in the process. Start Matter handled everything end to end and made the whole journey smooth and stress-free. Today, Sweet and Savory Meals is live, growing, and built on a solid foundation I trust. I’m truly grateful for their work, their patience, and their commitment, and I would happily recommend Start Matter to anyone looking for a reliable and thoughtful development partner.”

Catalina Castravet

Founder, Sweet and Savory Meals

Health Platform · 2023

Brain.fm

Music platform designed to help focus, relax, and sleep better. AI-generated music optimized for cognitive performance and mental wellness.

Visit the product

“Working with Start Matter has been a fantastic experience. When we brought Start Matter into the Brain.fm project, we were looking for more than just developers — we needed a team that could think with us, help shape the product, and execute at a high level. Start Matter did exactly that and more. From early iterations to complex feature development, the team showed deep technical expertise, strong problem-solving skills, and a clear focus on delivering value. Communication was always open and honest, and they were great about adapting to changes and challenges without missing a beat. What really stood out was their ability to integrate seamlessly with our internal team and match our pace. They consistently delivered high-quality work and made sure we felt supported at every step. I'm very grateful for their professionalism, creativity, and commitment to excellence. I would highly recommend Start Matter to anyone who wants a reliable, skilled, and thoughtful development partner.”

Daniel Clark

Co-founder, Brain.fm

FAQ

Common questions about vibe code rescue
in New York

How fast can you start the rescue?

We can clone and audit your repository today. Written 48-hour audit comes back inside two business days. Active rescue work usually starts within seven days of the audit.

Do you keep my existing code?

Mostly yes. Roughly 60 percent of the codebase stays — UI, brand, anything stateless. We rewrite 30 percent (auth, payments, multi-tenant boundaries, AI tool connections). We delete 10 percent (dead routes, ghost integrations).

Can I still use Cursor or Claude Code after the rescue?

Yes, and we leave the codebase set up for that. We add typed schemas, critical-path tests, and a CLAUDE.md that scopes the agent to safe areas. Most founders ship features twice as fast post-rescue because every change runs through CI.

What if my Stripe or Supabase keys are leaked?

We rotate every key inside the first 48 hours — Stripe, Supabase, OpenAI, anything we find. We assume old values are in someone's Docker cache or git history. Rotation is non-negotiable.

How much does a rescue cost?

Audits start at $1K (often free for warm leads). A focused rescue is $1K–$25K. The lower end covers small repos with a tight scope; the upper end is a full two-week engagement with two engineers. Flat-price quote after the audit.

More questions → /faq/rescue · /faq/security · /faq/ai

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