Vibe-coded and low-code apps, taken to production
Someone on your team built an app that works, with an AI tool or a low-code platform, and now people depend on it. We make it safe to run: security, access control, data protection, testing, hosting, monitoring and support. We keep what works and only rebuild what has to be.
When a prototype has become a system
AI tools such as Lovable, Bolt, Replit, Cursor and Claude, and low-code platforms such as Power Apps, let people build working software in days. That is a good thing. The app solves a real problem, people start using it, and then real customer or staff data goes in.
That is the point where the gaps start to matter. Common ones: passwords and API keys written into the code, a weak login or none, data sitting in someone's personal account, no tests, no backups, hosting on a free plan, and nobody who can change it safely. We close those gaps so the app can carry the work your organisation now puts through it.
What you get
A clear view of where it stands
A plain review of the app: what is solid, what is risky and what has to change before it holds real data.
Secure and compliant
Proper sign-in and access control, secrets out of the code, data protected, and the code scanned for security flaws before each release.
Owned by you
Code in your own repository and the app hosted in your own Azure or AWS environment, documented so it does not depend on one person.
Supported in production
Monitoring, fixes and changes after go-live, so the people who built it can keep improving it without breaking it.
What we do
The work usually includes some or all of:
Production-readiness review
We read the code and the set-up, and tell you what to keep, what to fix and what, if anything, to rebuild.
Security hardening
Sign-in with your Microsoft or Google accounts, role-based access, secrets moved to a vault, and dependencies and code checked for known flaws.
Data protection
Personal and sensitive data stored in the right place, encrypted, backed up, and handled in line with the Privacy Act 2020.
Supported hosting
The app moved from a personal or free account onto infrastructure your organisation controls, with environments for testing and release.
Tests and monitoring
Automated tests for the parts that matter, plus logging and alerts so problems are found before users report them.
Connected to your systems
Proper integration with your systems of record through APIs, or automation where there is no API.
What we work with
AI-built web apps
Most apps built with AI tools are standard web code underneath. We review, test and harden that code rather than throw it away.
Low-code apps
Power Apps and UiPath Apps, with the governance, environments and data policies they need once a team relies on them.
Hosting and security
Azure or AWS in your own tenant, with code security scanning through OpenText Fortify and monitoring from day one.
How we work
Review
We look at the app, the code and how it is used, and give you a straight list of what it needs and what that involves.
Harden
We fix the security, data and access gaps first, then add the tests that protect the parts people rely on.
Move
The app moves onto hosting you control, with a release process so changes can be made safely.
Run
It goes live with monitoring and support. Your team can keep building, with us on hand or fully handed over.
Why Flex Consulting
We are a New Zealand automation consultancy with more than 150 projects delivered across over 15 industries, for organisations including Foodstuffs North Island, SkyCity, Craigs Investment Partners, Contact Energy, Chorus, the University of Auckland and Mercury.
Every engagement starts with a free, no-obligation consultation to find your highest-return candidates, followed by a pilot you can measure before you commit to scaling.
Questions we are asked
We built an app with an AI tool. Is it safe to put real data in it?
Often not yet. AI-built apps commonly have secrets in the code, weak or missing sign-in, and no backups. A review tells you exactly what needs fixing before real customer or staff data goes in.
Will you have to rebuild it?
Usually not. Most of the work is adding what production needs around code that already works. Where part of it is unsafe or will not scale, we tell you and rebuild only that part.
Can our people keep changing it afterwards?
Yes. We set it up so they can, with the code in your repository, a test environment and a release process, so changes do not go straight to the live app.
Do you work with Power Apps and other low-code apps?
Yes. Low-code apps need the same things once a team depends on them: proper environments, access control, data policies and someone who supports them.
Show us what you have built
Bring the app, the prototype or just a description of it. We will tell you plainly what it needs before it can carry real work.