It runs,
but it does not hold.
Replit gets you surprisingly far: something is online and it does what it should. Until the first real users arrive. Then it turns out the database has no backups, the app falls asleep and nobody knows which version is running.
In half a minute I show what almost always sits below the waterline in a project like this: everyone can reach all the data, payments that only work in the demo, and an environment that does not run outside the tool.
Recognise it? Send your link. The first opinion costs you nothing.
What goes wrong once it gets serious.
The app falls asleep
With little traffic the environment is put to sleep and the first page takes tens of seconds. Visitors think it is broken.
Data without backup
The built-in database is fine for practising, but without tested backups and migrations every mistake is final.
Keys in the code
API keys and passwords sit among the files instead of in protected environment variables.
No split between test and live
You change something and your customers see it immediately, mistake included. There is no environment to try things in first.
It does not scale
As soon as there are dozens of simultaneous users, costs or waiting times climb without you seeing why.
It all hangs off one account
It runs on your personal Replit account. There is no repository you can hand to a developer or a partner.
Moving to an environment that stays up.
Inventory
I look at what is running, what data is in it and what secrets are lying around in the code. Free and without obligation.
Secure the data
The database is moved to Postgres with migrations, daily backups and permissions per user.
Code into your repository
Everything in Git in your name, with a test and a production environment so you can change things without touching your customers.
Live with monitoring
Deploy on Vercel or your own server, with monitoring and error alerts so you know before a customer calls.
- ✓An environment that does not fall asleep
- ✓Database with tested backups
- ✓Secrets out of the code, in protected variables
- ✓Separate test and production environments
- ✓Everything in your name, transferable
The first opinion costs you nothing: send me the repository or a link and I will tell you honestly whether building on beats starting over.
Clients rate me
5 stars on average.
Translated from the Dutch originals on Google.
I am Bas Voets. Since 2021 I have been building websites, client portals and business software for small and mid-sized companies, from Hazerswoude-Dorp in the Netherlands. From first call to launch you talk to me, not to an account manager.
Can my data move along?
What happens to my current app during the move?
What does this cost?
Can I keep using Replit to experiment?
Tell me what you
want to build.
A half-hour call. You get an honest answer about what it costs, how long it takes and whether building it is smart at all.
Have your current site or tool scanned
You do not have to want to buy anything yet. Send what you have and I will tell you honestly what I would keep, what I would replace and whether that is worth the investment. Including when the answer is that you are better off doing nothing.
The scan is a first impression, not a security audit.
- 01Send a link to your site, your tool or your repository
- 02I look at speed, structure, data and security
- 03Usually within two working days you hear what I would replace and what that costs