--- title: App Maintenance Services & Support For Teams @ Varstatt url: https://varstatt.com/x/teams/app-maintenance description: "App maintenance services for the web app nobody on your team owns: bugs, dependencies, security and small changes. One senior, $997/week, cancel anytime." section: Services (https://varstatt.com) --- # Legacy App Maintenance Hand over the web app nobody owns; I keep it current in your repo, one task at a time. $997/week. **What's included:** - ✅ Senior developer - ✅ Full code ownership - ✅ Continuous progress - ✅ Stop anytime - ❌ Meetings overhead - ❌ Scope creep - ❌ Agency markup - ❌ Billing surprises **Get started:** - [Start a Project](https://varstatt.com/start?cta=agent) - [Ask Jurij](mailto:jurij@varstatt.com) ## Portfolio - **Redesign & V2 development of SOAPNoteAI, an AI charting assistant for busy clinicians** — [soapnoteai.com](https://soapnoteai.com) - **Fidder, a free & simple RSS reader that cuts through the noise and works everywhere** — [fidder.app](https://fidder.app) ## It Still Runs. Nobody Owns It. - **Nobody Knows How It Works** Week one: I read the code and write down what only the original developer knew. - **Dependencies Are Years Behind** Current within a couple of weeks, then weekly: 30 minutes and a deploy. - **Security Alerts Pile Up** Dependabot and npm audit alerts, triaged and applied every week. - **Customers Find the Bugs First** [Error tracking](https://varstatt.com/principles/diligence/monitor-day-one) in week one if it's missing. Reported bugs go first. - **Small Changes Wait for Months** Each becomes one task on a shared task board. The roadmap doesn't stop. - **Third-Party APIs Change Under It** I read the change logs before a payment breaks. ## Your Team Ranks, I Ship - [ ] Add a CSV export to the admin page - [ ] Rename a status across the app - [ ] Handle the payment provider's new webhook signature - [ ] Upgrade Node.js to a supported version ## Who It's For **Right For** - A React, Next.js, Node.js or Firebase web app with users - The original developer has moved on - Seniors busy with the roadmap **Better Elsewhere** - Native mobile, PHP or Python backends *A developer of that stack* - A 24/7 on-call rotation with an SLA *A team with a rotation* - An app past its useful life *A rebuild; week one tells you* ## How It Works A simple, predictable and transparent process that eliminates development headaches. 1. **Subscribe** — After subscribing, you get a dedicated task board. Work starts the next working day. 2. **Setup** — You share the repo, cloud and monitoring. Everything stays in your team's accounts. 3. **Plan & Develop** — Your team ranks the board. I work through it one task at a time. 4. **Review & Refine** — Your team reviews every change. I revise until you're satisfied. 5. **Progress** — You approve finished work. I move to the next task on the board. 6. **Maintain** — You report bugs anytime; I handle them first. ## Pricing — Retainer One fixed weekly price. No hourly billing, no quote per ticket. - **Price:** $997 / week - **Plan:** One senior who keeps your old app current, in your repo. - **Includes:** - 🧑‍💻 10+ years shipping software - 🗣️ Direct access to developer - 🗂️ Dedicated task board - 📦 1 task at a time, unlimited revisions - ⚡ Each task in ~72 hours on average - 🪪 Full code & assets ownership - 🩹 Bug fixes & ongoing maintenance - 🎁 Free week 0: onboarding and setup - 🛑 Pause or cancel anytime - **CTA:** [Get Started](https://varstatt.com/start?cta=agent) - **Questions:** jurij@varstatt.com ## FAQ ### What is application maintenance? Keeping a live app working, safe and useful after launch: bugs, updates, security patches, API changes and small changes. Web application maintenance also keeps up with browsers and hosting. ### What are the maintenance types? - **Corrective:** fixing bugs. - **Adaptive:** keeping up with new runtimes, browsers and APIs. - **Perfective:** small improvements and speed-ups. - **Preventive:** updates, patches and cleanup before anything breaks. The retainer covers all four on one board. ### What does maintenance cost? Software maintenance and support here is $997 a week, no contract. How many weeks it takes depends on how long updates were put off. ### Can you take over a legacy app? Yes. Legacy application support starts with a week of reading; stop after it and keep the map and the risk list. ### Do you work in our repo and process? Yes. The repo, accounts and keys stay [in your name](/principles/philosophy/client-owns-everything): I'm a contributor, never the owner. ### Do you offer 24/7 support or an SLA? No: I'm one person, with no on-call rotation. Emergencies have their own channel: I stop the bleeding first, then [fix the root cause](/principles/diligence/incident-response). ### What if it needs a rewrite? I say so rather than keep patching. The next step is a [rebuild beside the live app](/x/founders/app-modernization), with no feature freeze. ### Can we pause or stop? Yes. [Week 0 is a free setup week](/principles/partnership/onboarding); pause when the board is empty, and [cancel any week](/principles/partnership/exit-freedom) with no penalty. ### How do I get started? Fill in the [project form](/start?cta=app-maintenance-faq): what the app does, its stack and when it was last deployed. I reply the next working day. ## Testimonials > "Jurij understand the core problem, insists on building the right experiences for the customers." > — [Kunal Modi, Founder @ SOAPNoteAI](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jurijtokarski/details/recommendations/) > "Working with Jurij is an absolute joy, consistently exceeds expectations." > — [Janis Ozolins, Content Creator](https://x.com/OzolinsJanis/status/1875168034249146609) > "Consistently delivered quality code in great time, very hard working & precise." > — [Bartosz Poźniak, CEO @ MyCointainer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jurijtokarski/details/recommendations/) > "The kind of engineer that every company on the planet would be lucky to have." > — [Hosam Mazawi, COO @ LemonUnit](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jurijtokarski/details/recommendations/) ## [Teams × Varstatt](https://varstatt.com/x/teams) App Maintenance fits product teams best: CTOs and tech leads who need a senior on one part of the product. - **[React & Next.js Development](https://varstatt.com/x/teams/react-development)** "The upgrade keeps losing to features." Small pull requests, no big-bang rewrite. - **[Node.js Development](https://varstatt.com/x/teams/nodejs-development)** "Backend work waits on a hire." Endpoints, integrations, an API being retired. - **[AI Development](https://varstatt.com/x/teams/ai-development)** "Nobody here has shipped an LLM feature." A prototype on your data first. - **[n8n Development](https://varstatt.com/x/teams/n8n-development)** "Our workflows have no owner." New flows, code where nodes stop, monitoring. - **App Maintenance (this page)** "An old app still has users and no owner." Kept current and safe. - **[Firebase Audit](https://varstatt.com/x/teams/firebase-audit)** "The bill keeps rising, or nobody trusts the rules." The bill tied to its code, every rule reviewed. - **[DevOps Audit](https://varstatt.com/x/teams/devops-audit)** "Releases are slow and scary." Planning to monitoring, fixes ranked. - **[Architecture Audit](https://varstatt.com/x/teams/architecture-audit)** "Every feature takes longer than the last." Why, what to fix first, whether a rewrite pays. Not on a product team? [See what Varstatt offers you](https://varstatt.com/x). ## About Varstatt is run by [Jurij Tokarski](https://varstatt.com/jurij), product engineer since 2011. Contact: [jurij@varstatt.com](mailto:jurij@varstatt.com) / [X](https://x.com/jurijtokarski) / [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jurijtokarski/) Sole proprietorship headquartered in Rzeszów, Poland. VAT ID: PL8133854722.