You shipped it.
Can your business
depend on it?
Your AI-built app has real users, and a bigger customer, a security review, or an investor is next. Take the 5-minute check to see which of eight areas will get questioned first.
8 questions. Plain-English results. A clearer next step.
See your results without entering an email. No code access required.
Written by George Rios, fractional CTO. 25+ years in enterprise software, 3+ building with AI.Already know you have gaps? Book a free 30-minute call
What you get in five minutes.
Every area marked ok, gap, or verify,
with what to do first.
Who this is for. Built with Lovable, Bolt, Replit, Cursor, v0, Claude, or ChatGPT. By a founder, an operations lead, an internal team, or an agency for a client. If real customers, a larger contract, an investor, or a handoff is about to depend on it, this check is for you.
Eight areas. Fewer blind spots.
Understand what to ask about,
without becoming an engineer.
Secrets
Where API keys and credentials live.
Environments
Whether testing can affect real customers.
Access
Whether people can reach data they should not see.
Personal data
What you collect, why, and how you manage it.
Outages
How you find out when something breaks.
Handoffs
Whether someone else could maintain the system.
Backups
Whether you can actually restore your data.
Growth
What happens when demand increases.
A useful next step starts here.
Answer honestly.
Answer eight questions about your system.
See the whole picture.
See which gaps you reported and which areas you still need to verify.
Make a plan.
Get a prioritized checklist, and email it to yourself with the PDF guide to hand to your developer.
It worked on the founder’s laptop. The database was the browser.
troubleshot.io looked like a product. It ran as localhost, and its “database” was the browser’s IndexedDB, so every time the founder closed Chrome, the data was gone. It had one user, and that user could lose everything by closing a tab.
Outcome. troubleshot.io went from a demo that lived in one browser tab to a deployed system with real infrastructure that someone other than George can run.
- Found · BackupsThere was no database, so there was nothing to back up or restore. Closing the browser destroyed the data.
- Found · EnvironmentsThere was no hosted environment. Production was a laptop.
- Found · HandoffsNo tests, no pipeline, no documentation. Nobody else could have picked it up.
Written by an engineer who fixes what breaks after “it works.”
George has spent 25+ years building enterprise software, 10+ in cloud, and the last three building with AI. Most recently he was Tech Lead and interim CTO at Catch Health, a health insurance marketplace serving 400,000+ members. He wrote the eight questions and personally reads and validates every request.
“I read the code, test the system, and fix what matters. Not a slide deck and an invoice.”
- 25+ years
- enterprise software engineering
- 10+ years
- cloud architecture and migration
- 3+ years
- building with AI, the last 12 months on agentic systems
- 400K+
- members served as interim CTO at Catch Health
Know what to fix first.
You may already have a system worth building on. The next step is finding out where it needs attention, with evidence. In a 30-day Architecture Discovery, George reads the code, tests the highest-priority gaps, and hands you a prioritized plan before any implementation begins.
- Map the system. What was built, how it fits together, and what it depends on.
- Examine the gaps. Hands-on review of security, reliability, and scalability where it matters most.
- Define the plan. What to fix first, what can wait, and what does not need a rebuild.
- Discovery$3K
30 days. Map the system, examine the highest-priority gaps, and hand you a written, prioritized plan.
- Plan and advisory$6K
An action plan with a timeline, and George as your advisor while your team or your AI tools do the work.
- Hands-on rebuild$15K
Full architecture and a hands-on rebuild of what needs it, alongside your team, then a handoff someone else can maintain.
You provide read-only access to the code and hosting, and one kickoff call. George does the rest.
Book a free 30-minute callStart with a free 30-minute call. You describe the system, George asks about your highest-priority gap, and you both decide whether a discovery fits. No slide deck, no pressure.You leave with a written, prioritized plan you can hand to any developer.
- No “throw it away and start over.”
- No full-time CTO hire.
- No 12-month timeline.
Eight signs your AI-built app needs a closer look.
A short, plain-English guide for anyone who shipped software with AI. Each sign comes with the question to ask, why it matters, the practical next step, and the evidence to look for, plus a printable checklist you can hand to your developer.
- The eight areas, in the order most teams should verify them
- One page per sign: question, concern, next step, evidence
- A printable checklist to review with your team
- How the free five-minute check scores your answers
Good questions.
Straight answers.
Know what the check can help with.
How this check worksDoes this scan my application?
No. It uses your answers to highlight areas to investigate. You do not need to share source code, credentials, or customer data.
Will this tell me whether my app is secure?
It can help surface gaps and unanswered questions. Establishing security requires examining and testing the actual system.
What if I do not know an answer?
Choose “Not sure.” Knowing what still needs verification is a useful result.
Do I need to provide an email?
No. Your results appear immediately. You can optionally request a personalized checklist by email.
Who is George Rios?
A working engineer and fractional CTO with more than 25 years in enterprise software, over a decade in cloud, and three years building with AI, most recently interim CTO at a health insurance marketplace serving more than 400,000 members. He wrote the eight questions and personally reads and validates every request.
Is this only for founders?
No. It is for any business running on vibe-coded software: a founder, an operations lead who built an internal tool, a team that inherited one, or an agency reviewing a client’s build.
What does working with George cost?
Discovery is $3K for 30 days and ends with a written, prioritized plan. An action plan with a timeline plus George as your advisor is $6K. Full architecture and a hands-on rebuild is $15K. The first call is free and decides which, if any, fits.
What happens on the discovery call?
A free 30-minute conversation. You describe the system and what is coming next, George asks about your highest-priority gap, and you both decide whether a 30-day Architecture Discovery fits. There is no pitch deck.
Know which of the eight areas deserve attention first.
Free, no email, no code access. Written by an engineer with 25+ years in enterprise software who now builds with AI every day.
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