Bolt gets you about 70% of the way to a working app fast. The last 30% — the part that actually survives production traffic — is where most Bolt apps I see are stuck. Here's what typically breaks.
Apply for free diagnostic/01 What Breaks
You ask Bolt to fix a bug, the fix creates a new bug, Bolt tries to fix that, and so on. Each attempt consumes tokens, and because Bolt includes the whole codebase in every request, costs climb fast until you hit a hard prompt-length limit and the project stalls.
The app builds fine and then 500s on the first real request. Usual culprits: server-only code written against Bolt's preview runtime, hardcoded preview URLs, or a database connection configured for Bolt's environment instead of your production one.
Bolt's live preview tolerates type errors that a real production build step won't. The app looks done until you actually try to build it for deploy.
Imports that resolve fine in Bolt's environment break on Linux-based build servers where the filesystem is case-sensitive — a deploy failure that has nothing to do with your logic.
Same pattern as most AI builders: the preview has secrets configured, your actual host doesn't, and nobody notices until the deployed app can't reach its own database.
/02 How It Works
Fill out the form. Share your repo or describe the symptoms. Takes 2 minutes.
30-minute call where I've already looked at your Bolt.new code. You get a clear assessment: what's wrong, what it costs to fix, how long it takes.
You approve the flat-fee quote. I get to work. Most rescues ship in 1-2 weeks.
/03 Pricing
You know the cost before I start. No scope creep surprises.
One critical issue diagnosed and fixed. 48-hour turnaround.
Fix all critical bugs. Get deploys working. Make it reliable. 1-2 weeks.
Re-architect the broken parts properly. CI/CD, testing, monitoring. 2-4 weeks.
/04 Questions
Yes. I work directly with the exported code, not inside Bolt's chat loop, so a stalled project isn't a dead end — I fix the underlying bug instead of asking the AI to try again.
Preview and production are different environments. Env vars, import case-sensitivity, and TypeScript strictness all differ — I check all three in the diagnostic.
Sometimes, if fix-loop damage has left the codebase genuinely tangled. I'll tell you honestly whether Stabilize or Rebuild Right is the faster path.
No. Read-only access to your exported repo is enough. I don't need to work inside Bolt itself.
/05 Apply
30 minutes. I review your Bolt.new app before the call and come with specific observations. No pitch deck, no sales team.