Dustin Kendall

Production readiness & rescue · AI-built apps

Your AI-built app is taking off.
Let's make sure it survives.

You built it with Lovable, Bolt, Replit, Cursor, or Claude Code, and it worked. I'm the senior engineer who makes vibe-coded apps production-ready. Scope is fixed, the price is on the page, and nobody grades how the code got written.

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~90%

cloud cost reduction on rearchitected services

10x

peak throughput on a client-facing API platform

99.99%

uptime SLA held through a global database migration

Dustin Kendall, lead software engineer. Ten years of production systems, currently leading multiple teams at a large enterprise. Purdue BS in Electrical Engineering, AWS certified, one patent for an industrial data-transfer protocol.

The numbers above are career results, not client testimonials. Read the full story or email me directly.

The services

Five ways in. Fixed scope,
named deliverable, price up front.

The rescue ladder

In trouble now, or headed there. Contain it, fix it, then keep it fixed.

Emergency Triage

Active exposure contained in days: secrets rotated, open doors closed, and a written record of what happened.

You get
Contained Incident & Written Summary
Timeline
48–72 hours
Investment
$2,500–$5,000

Stabilization Sprint

The failure patterns AI code ships with, fixed, and a codebase you can keep building on with confidence.

You get
Hardened Codebase & Handoff Report
Timeline
2–4 weeks
Investment
$10,000–$30,000

Aftercare Retainer

An on-call senior engineer behind your app, reviewing changes, watching risk, and answering first when something breaks.

You get
Monthly Review & On-Call Coverage
Timeline
Ongoing, monthly
Investment
$1,500–$5,000/mo

Before the fire

Nothing's burning, and you'd like to keep it that way. Build it right, and keep the bills sane.

Greenfield Build

Your product built production-ready from day one: secure, tested, and deployed like it expects to succeed.

You get
Production-Ready Application
Timeline
Scoped after a free consult
Investment
From $15,000

Cloud Cost Reduction

If the audit does not identify savings worth at least 3x the fee, the fee is waived. That is the engagement.

You get
Cost Reduction Plan & Savings Forecast
Timeline
2 weeks
Investment
$2,900 fixed fee

Whatever state the code is in, bring it.

Start with the free audit: thirty minutes, three short questions, and a Top 3 Risks brief within days. You get what a senior engineer sees in your app, with nothing dressed up.

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Prefer email? dustinjkendall1@gmail.com