Engineering/Application Rescue

Regain control of your project and get it back on track.

We take over stalled, inherited and unfinished software projects. We work out what is worth keeping, what needs fixing and what needs replacing, then get the system moving again.

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Taken over
properly
Existing codeWe establish what is actually there.
Live systemOperations continue while we work.
Known defectsEvery issue is identified and prioritised.
HandoverThe system is documented properly.
The codeEverything stays with you.

Understand it. Stabilise it. Improve it. Keep it running.

Another vendorThe previous vendor has stopped delivering.
Internal teamThe internal team is over capacity or off track.
Stalled projectDevelopment has stalled and deadlines keep moving.
AI-built softwareBuilt fast, without structure or security.
The rescue process
1 · Take overSecure access, rotate every credential, prove it builds.
2 · AssessRead the code and its history. Rank what is wrong.
3 · StabiliseClose crashes, data-loss paths and open vulnerabilities.
4 · RecoverRepair or replace, module by module. Ship again.
5 · RunHand over with runbooks, or stay on and support it.

Back on track

A costed plan, module by module

A stable, secure system

Releases moving again

Repair it, or start again?The assessment answers that first, module by module, before anything is rebuilt.
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ecoSPIRITS

CircularOne

After a year without a usable product, Agile Labs took over the build and delivered CircularOne. The platform manages partners, hardware, IoT devices and operational data across the business worldwide.

  • Understand
  • Stabilise
  • Improve
  • Keep it running
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The CircularOne performance dashboard: received and consumed volume by site, across a partner network

The order of the work

The order is not negotiable

Understand the system, make it safe to touch, only then improve it. A feature shipped onto code nobody understands is the next incident.

The assessment stands on its own

A fixed-price read of the code and its history, ending in severity-ranked findings, a repair-or-rebuild verdict for every module and a costed plan. It is written so it can be taken to any other firm.

Repair beats rebuild

Most distressed systems hold recoverable work. What the assessment condemns gets replaced, what works is kept, and nothing starts from zero by default.

AI-written code is judged module by module

Regenerating code is cheap; the validated behaviour is the asset. Tests pin what the system does today, then each module earns repair or replacement on its own evidence.

History is the evidence

The git history shows which files change most, what moves together and whether secrets were ever committed. The assessment reads what happened, not the architecture diagram.

Senior engineers, from the first day

In an unfamiliar codebase, a junior mistake is expensive before it is even noticed. The engineers who assess the system are the engineers who repair it and can run it afterwards.

When organisations call us

Call us when

A vendor has missed a third deadline, or stopped answering.An application built largely with AI code generation must now carry real users, real data or a security review.A pilot has sat in pilot for two quarters.Mission-critical software needs a new firm to take it over and keep it running.

Not us when

When the current vendor is still delivering in good faith — a second firm in the repository helps nobody.When the system is small enough that a fresh build costs less than understanding the old one. The assessment sometimes says exactly that.

If the software matters,
talk to us.

Fix troubled software before it becomes a bigger problem.

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