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Past MVP and hitting walls? Scale without starting over.

Scale Your Lovable App is a fixed-scope service for founders and teams who built on Lovable.dev: A retained senior engineer refactors the foundation, untangles the data model, adds the features you can't build in no-code, and keeps your app stable as it grows.Ongoing senior engineering for growing Lovable products.

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The problem

You've got traction and now you're hitting Lovable's architectural limits — tangled data models, technical debt, features that break earlier features, and a codebase that's hard to extend.

What you get

A retained senior engineer refactors the foundation, untangles the data model, adds the features you can't build in no-code, and keeps your app stable as it grows.

What’s included

  • Architecture and technical-debt review
  • Database and schema refactor for growth
  • Custom features beyond no-code limits
  • Ongoing code review and maintenance retainer
  • Roadmap and scaling plan
Typical timeline
Ongoing

Who this is for

  • Products with traction that are hitting Lovable's architectural limits
  • Teams carrying technical debt where new features keep breaking older ones
  • Founders who need custom backend, integrations, or UI beyond what no-code can produce

This isn’t the right fit if…

  • Early prototypes still finding product-market fit — keep iterating in Lovable for now
  • One-off fixes — those are better served by App Rescue or Productionize than an ongoing retainer

What a typical engagement looks like

  1. 1. Architecture review

    We map your data model, technical debt, and the features that keep breaking, then prioritize what will most improve stability and velocity.

  2. 2. Refactor the foundation

    We untangle the data model and clean up the codebase in place — far cheaper than a rewrite when a rewrite isn't truly needed.

  3. 3. Build beyond no-code

    We add the custom backend logic, integrations, and UI that prompt-based generation can't produce.

  4. 4. Ongoing review & roadmap

    A fixed monthly block of senior engineering keeps the app stable as it grows, with ongoing code review and a scaling roadmap.

How we scope and price this

Every engagement is fixed-scope: we agree the scope on a free first call and send a firm number in writing before any work begins — so you never pay by the hour or burn more credits guessing. What the quote depends on:

  • The size of the monthly engineering block you need
  • How much technical debt and data-model refactoring the codebase carries
  • Whether you need ongoing custom feature work, review, or maintenance

See how Lovable expert pricing works or estimate your project.

How it works

  1. 01

    Book a free 30-min audit call

    Tell us what's broken or where you're stuck. You talk to a senior engineer — not a salesperson or a matcher.

  2. 02

    Diagnosis & fixed quote

    We diagnose the real root cause and send a clear, fixed-price scope. No vague hourly black holes, no surprise fees.

  3. 03

    We do the work

    The senior engineer who scoped it does the work, with you in the loop. Source code stays yours throughout.

  4. 04

    Ship, secure & hand over

    We ship it, harden it, and hand over a working, documented app — plus a written summary of what we did and why.

How we deliver — and what you can verify

  • We start with an architecture and technical-debt review so the retainer is spent on the highest-leverage work, not guesswork
  • Ongoing work goes through code review and a documented roadmap — you can see what changed and why each month
  • A retained senior engineer who knows your codebase, so context carries over instead of restarting every engagement

How we handle your code, data & secrets

  • Because this is ongoing, access stays least-privilege and scoped to your repo and infrastructure — a standing collaborator seat, never your account password — and is reviewed as the retainer continues
  • Any secrets we need move over encrypted channels and are never stored outside the active engagement
  • You can pause or cancel anytime; on offboarding we revoke our standing access and delete our working copies, with no lingering credentials on our side
  • NDA available on request; you keep full ownership of your code and data for the whole retainer

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to rebuild from scratch to scale?
Usually not. Most Lovable apps can be refactored in place — cleaning up the data model and code — far more cheaply than a full rewrite. We tell you honestly when a rebuild is genuinely the better call.
How does the retainer work?
A fixed monthly block of senior engineering for ongoing features, reviews, and maintenance. Pause or cancel anytime — no lock-in.
Can you add features Lovable can't?
Yes. Once we're in your codebase we can build custom backend logic, integrations, and UI that go beyond what prompt-based generation can produce.
How much does the scaling retainer cost?
The monthly figure tracks the size of the engineering block you need each month, how much technical debt and data-model refactoring the codebase is carrying, and whether you want ongoing custom feature work, code review, maintenance, or all three. See our cost guide or run the project cost estimator for a range, and we confirm the exact monthly figure with you on the first call.
Do I keep ownership of my code and data?
Yes — your source code stays yours throughout, and there's no lock-in. You can pause or cancel the retainer anytime and keep everything we've built.
How do you access my codebase and infrastructure, and is it secure?
With least-privilege, scoped access to your repo and infrastructure — never your password. Secrets move over encrypted channels and are never stored outside the engagement; on offboarding we revoke access and delete working copies. An NDA is available on request.

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  • Production-readiness audit and checklist
  • Auth, RLS, and data-integrity hardening
  • Stripe and payment flows tested end-to-end (live mode + webhooks)
  • Performance and Core Web Vitals optimization
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Migrate to Vercel, Cloudflare, your own Supabase, or local — without breaking it.

Typically 1–3 weeks

  • Migration plan and pre-flight audit (env, secrets, storage, auth, RLS)
  • Frontend migration to Vercel, Cloudflare, or Netlify
  • Managed data to your own Supabase: schema, RLS, triggers, storage, auth users
  • Local development environment setup
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Talk to a senior engineer — not a salesperson.

Book a free 30-minute audit call. We'll diagnose what's wrong and tell you exactly what it costs to fix.

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