Key takeaways
- Demo success does not equal production readiness.
- Integrations and auth are the usual blockers—not the UI.
- A fixed-scope hardening sprint beats endless prompting.
Founders increasingly arrive with a working UI, a few API routes, and a story that ChatGPT or Cursor “built the app.” That is a great start. It is not a finished product.
Step one: stop adding features. Freeze scope and list what must be true before strangers pay you: auth, payments, data isolation, backups, and support visibility.
Step two: run a security pass. Keys, SQL injection surfaces, open admin routes, and missing rate limits are common in generated code.
Step three: wire integrations properly. CRM, email, payments, and calendars need OAuth, webhook signatures, and failure handling—not copy-pasted fetch calls.
Step four: add CI and staging. If deploy means “click button and pray,” you will fear every release.
Step five: decide build vs buy for ongoing work. Freelancers fit tiny tasks; agencies fit production launches; in-house fits when AI is the core product forever.
Pixetech helps at steps two through four daily—integration rescue and production hardening are why we exist. Email info@pixetech.com or start at /free-consultation.
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