Fix Your Broken Ruby on Rails App in One Week
A focused, founder-friendly Rails Rescue Sprint. Clean code. Zero drama.
What You Get
- 1-week rescue sprint (up to 10 hours of focused Rails development)
- Fixes for bugs, performance issues, and legacy code
- Modernization help (Rails upgrades, Turbo, Stimulus)
- Clear async communication + 1 kickoff call
- A short report with next-step suggestions
Who It’s For
- Founders with legacy Rails apps they can’t afford to rebuild
- Dev teams afraid to touch certain files
- Startups preparing for launch but blocked by code debt
Why Me
I’m Phil Smy, a senior Rails developer and SaaS founder. I built Zonmaster, co-founded Toygaroo (featured on Shark Tank), and have 20+ years of dev experience.
These days, I specialize in helping founders untangle legacy Rails apps and ship with confidence again. I also share real-world Rails tips and business insights on my YouTube channel and personal site.
The Lifetime of a Ruby on Rails Application
Maintaining a Ruby on Rails application over time can become difficult—even for experienced teams. As new features are added, developers rotate, and dependencies age, technical debt begins to pile up. What was once a clean, productive codebase can slowly shift into something unstable, slow, or even unsafe to deploy. This is a common reality for Rails applications in active use, especially for small teams and solo founders trying to move fast without full-time engineering support.
The Rails Rescue Sprint is designed specifically for these situations. It offers a short, focused engagement with a senior Ruby on Rails developer who has real experience fixing live, customer-facing applications. Instead of proposing a full rebuild, this sprint identifies critical issues, stabilizes key functionality, and hands you back a cleaner, more manageable app. The goal is to help you regain confidence in your Rails app without unnecessary scope, cost, or downtime.
Whether you’re working with an outdated Rails version, debugging long-running background jobs, dealing with broken tests, or struggling to implement modern tools like Hotwire and Stimulus, this service is structured to deliver meaningful progress in a short time frame. All work is based on direct communication, clear priorities, and actionable results—not generic audits or vague recommendations.
This service is best suited for early-stage startups, solo SaaS builders, technical founders, or anyone responsible for the day-to-day operations of a Ruby on Rails application. The sprint can address legacy issues, performance bottlenecks, upgrade challenges, or deployment instability—whatever is most pressing in your current situation.
If your application is stuck, fragile, or simply in need of experienced attention, this Rails-focused development sprint provides a way forward. It’s not a replacement for long-term product development—but it is a powerful step toward reclaiming stability and clarity in your existing app.