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Migrations &
Rescues
Some of our best work starts with the words "we inherited this." We untangle projects other people left behind - platform lock-in, abandoned contractors, decade-old WordPress, and vibe-coded apps that outgrew their toys.
What is included: Migrations & Rescues
Platform escapes
Migrating sites and apps out of closed platforms and into infrastructure you actually own. For vibe-coded projects specifically, we built and maintain Migrare, our open-source migration tool for Lovable, Bolt, Replit, and v0 output.
Legacy rescues
Old WordPress, jQuery spaghetti, forgotten dependencies - we stabilize first, then modernize on a plan you approve piece by piece.
Disaster recovery
Expired domains, lost credentials, hosts that vanished. We have pulled sites back from worse.
Clean rebuilds
When rescue is not worth it, we rebuild on modern stacks - carrying the content and rankings over instead of starting the SEO clock at zero.
Stabilize first, decide second
The most expensive mistake in a rescue is confidently fixing the wrong thing. So the first phase is deliberately unglamorous: work out what is actually there, what is fragile, and what is quietly load-bearing.
We document what we find, in plain language, before proposing anything. You should be able to read our assessment and understand your own system, even if you never hire us for the next step.
The three honest options
Every rescue comes down to a choice between three paths, and we will tell you which one we think is right rather than defaulting to the most expensive.
- Repair. The system is sound but something is broken or neglected. Fix it, put maintenance in place, and leave it alone. Often the cheapest and most underrated answer.
- Migrate. The system works but the platform is the problem - too expensive, too closed, or being discontinued. Move it to infrastructure you own, carrying content and search equity with it.
- Rebuild. The system is genuinely beyond economic repair. Rebuild on a modern stack, but treat the migration of content, URLs, and rankings as its own project rather than an afterthought.
Not losing the search rankings you already have
A migration done carelessly can erase years of search visibility in a weekend. This is the single largest risk in the work, and it is entirely preventable with discipline.
We map every existing URL to its new home, write real redirects rather than blanket ones, carry over titles and structured data, and run the audit against the new site before the old one goes away. It is not glamorous, and it is the difference between a migration and a reset.
Vibe-coded projects that outgrew their start
A new category has appeared in the last couple of years: applications generated quickly by AI tools, launched successfully, and now straining against assumptions nobody made deliberately. There is no clear owner, the structure is opaque, and it works until it does not.
We built Migrare, our open-source tool, specifically for these - extracting applications built on Lovable, Bolt, Replit, and v0 into code you own and can reason about. It is the same principle as any rescue: understand it, then decide.
Common questions
Can you look at our mess and tell us honestly?
Yes - that is the job. We will tell you when rescue makes sense, when a rebuild is cheaper, and when neither is worth your money.
Will we lose our search rankings?
Handled correctly, no: redirects, carried-over structure, and post-migration audits protect the equity you already have. Handled carelessly, yes - which is why we test it.
Our previous developer disappeared. Can you take over?
Regularly. We start by reconstructing what exists and what it depends on, then tell you what state it is really in. Inheriting someone else's work is normal for us, not a special case.
We have no documentation at all. Is that a problem?
It makes the first phase slower, not impossible. We have taken over systems with no notes, no history, and credentials in a spreadsheet. We will document as we go so it does not happen twice.
Can you migrate us off Wix, Squarespace, or Shopify?
Yes. We have moved sites and stores off closed platforms into stacks the owner controls, carrying content, products, and URLs across. We will flag what genuinely cannot be carried before you commit.