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5 Things We Found Rescuing a Broken Software Prototype

A solo founder came to us with a product built fast on Replit. It worked in every demo he ran. It had no real users on it yet, and it was not production ready. That gap is why he wanted it rebuilt before launch. We get this call more than people expect. Someone builds fast, often alone, and the product works in every demo they run. We call this a vibe-coded prototype: it works because someone moved fast, not because anyone audited it. Nobody opens the engine until growth forces the question. W...