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Your developers are not working out. Changing them should not mean starting again.

No more chasing for updates, or wondering whether what you paid for is any good. Here is how to change team without losing what you have already built.

Why this happens

It usually starts well. Then updates get slower, estimates get vaguer, and you find yourself asking the same question three times. You cannot tell whether the work is hard or whether you are being strung along.

The root cause is that you are managing people whose work you cannot check. Even an honest developer drifts when nobody reviews what they do, and a careless one can hide for a long time.

Meanwhile, the knowledge of how your system works lives in one person's head. That is why leaving feels impossible.

Before you decide

Three things to settle first

  1. Do you hold the keys?List every account your software depends on, and check that you can log in to each one as the owner.
  2. Is what you have worth keeping?Sometimes the answer is yes, with repairs. Sometimes rebuilding one part is cheaper. Get an independent health check before you decide.
  3. What stops this happening again?Whoever takes over should write things down as they go, so the business never depends on one person's memory again.
How we would handle it

What you get from us

  • A plain-English health check of what you own, before you commit to anything
  • Nothing switched off while we take over
  • Everything written down, so you are never locked in again

One senior engineer leads your work and talks to you in plain English. Fixed monthly price from $1,200, cancel in one click.

Talk it through: free 30-minute review →

Thirty minutes, no card, no obligation, no sales pitch. You leave with a written plan of the three things to build first.

Not ready to talk yet?

Taking over from your developers: the handover checklist

A one-page checklist you can use on your own, whoever you end up working with.

  • Every login and account to secure before you give notice
  • What to ask for in the handover
  • How to check the code is really yours
  • Questions to ask whoever takes over

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