If I wrote to you, this is the rest of it

I take over the code somebody else left behind.

Inherited projects. Builds that stopped halfway. AI-generated apps that worked in the demo and fell over the week real users arrived. I read them, tell you the truth about them, and then fix them for a price agreed before I start.

Send me what you have See what is running right now
  • 2016 Independent since
  • 8 yrs Longest client relationship
  • 150 Companies ran the platform I wrote
  • 2020 Laravel certified

The first step

It starts with a free read, and the read is real.

within 48 hours · no call · no invoice

  1. 01

    Send whatever you have

    A repository, a staging login, or three screenshots and a paragraph. You do not owe a stranger your source code on day one.

  2. 02

    You get a written read inside 48 hours

    What I think is actually wrong, what I would do about it, and roughly what that costs. In writing, so you can forward it to whoever else has to agree.

  3. 03

    You decide, in your own time

    If the answer is that it does not need me, I will say so. That has happened and it will happen again.

What it costs

Every price is on this page.

Fixed scope, agreed in writing. If it turns out harder than I judged, that is mine to absorb.

Codebase Audit

$450 fixed

3–5 working days

I read the whole thing and write you the truth about it. Most people buy this before deciding whether to fix, rebuild or walk away.

  • Written report: what works, what is fragile, what is genuinely dangerous
  • Security and dependency review, including AI-generated shortcuts
  • Performance findings with the actual slow queries and calls named
  • A prioritised fix list with time and cost against each item
  • Straight answer on repair vs rebuild, even when it costs me the job
Most people start here

Rescue Sprint

$1,400 fixed, per sprint

2 weeks

Two weeks on whatever is actually hurting. Fixed price, so a hard bug is my problem to absorb, not a surprise on your invoice.

  • We agree the scope in writing before anything starts
  • The top issues fixed properly — not patched around
  • Version and dependency upgrades where they unblock the rest
  • Half-finished features carried over the line
  • Short written handover so the next person is not stuck where you were

Ongoing Ownership

from $900 per month

rolling, cancel any month

For when the real problem is that nobody owns the software. Fixed hours each month, same developer, no re-explaining your system to a new face.

  • A set number of hours each month at a fixed monthly fee
  • Bugs, small features, upgrades and dependency hygiene
  • Monitoring so you hear about breakage from me, not your customers
  • Written monthly summary of what changed and why
  • Cancel with 30 days notice — no lock-in, no exit fee

$45/hr For work that genuinely will not fit a fixed scope. Usually it does.

Proof

Software I own, that other people depend on today.

Open any of them. They are live, not screenshots.

Industrial monitoring at national scale — written solo

Sole developer, 2016–2021. Live readings from electricity, water, temperature and production meters into real-time dashboards, single-line diagrams and automated alerting. Sold as SaaS, deployed to roughly 150 companies.

Four of roughly 150 companies that ran the platform

  • Reliance Industries India's largest private company
  • Indian Railways Among the world's largest employers
  • Atul Auto Listed vehicle manufacturer
  • Valsad Co-op Milk Gujarat dairy cooperative
Outstanding service and a "Bring It On" attitude in addressing and incorporating numerous updates that were initially outside the scope of our conversation, but were nonetheless given to us exactly as requested.
Ajay, Keshav & Rishabh Sood AUM Insure & Secure (P) Ltd. Client since 2018

Before you reply

Four things I do not do.

  • No discovery call

    Nothing to book. Everything happens in writing until there is something worth talking about.

  • No retainer to start

    The first paid thing is $450 and it ends when the report lands.

  • No lock-in

    The monthly engagement cancels with 30 days notice. No exit fee, no minimum term.

  • No subcontracting out

    The person who reads your code is the person who writes the fix. There is no team behind me.

One small ask

Tell me what is going wrong. That is the whole next step.

Reply to my email, or use whichever of these is least effort. A written answer comes back from me, not from a sequence.

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Nikhil Bhatia · Surat, Gujarat, India · IST (UTC+5:30) · hello@nikhilbhatia.in