Maintenance & updates

Give your application another decade of future.

You have a web application that has been running for years. It gets the job done — but the framework is three versions behind, the server is no longer supported, and the person who built it is long gone. Nobody dares touch it anymore. That is exactly the kind of application I take over.

An up-to-date application is an asset. A frozen application is a countdown.

Without updates, no more security patches. Every month that passes makes the upgrade more expensive — and an incident more likely.

Why now

The clocks are already ticking

If your application relies on one of these versions, it no longer receives any security patches today:

Ruby on Rails 7.1 and earlierThe framework behind thousands of business applications
end of support · October 2025
Ruby 3.2 and earlierThe language under the framework
end of support · March 2026
Ubuntu 20.04 LTSThe operating system on a great many servers
end of support · May 2025
And this is not specific to Rails. Node, PHP, Python, Django, Laravel: every ecosystem has its own end-of-support schedule. If your web application runs on a VPS, the question is not whether it will need to be upgraded, but when — and at what cost.
The scope

The application and its server

Most providers do one or the other. An application lives on a machine — I take care of both, together.

How it works

Three steps, prices known upfront

As with everything I do: no ticking clock of billable hours. A written scope, an announced price, a verifiable result.

Step 1

The audit

€490 · fixed price, deducted from the rest if we continue

I examine your application and its server: versions, dependencies, vulnerabilities, state of the backups. You receive a report a normal human can read, with a costed upgrade plan. You know exactly where you stand — even if you decide not to continue with me.

Step 2

The upgrade

on quote · fixed package based on the gap to close

Upgrading in stages, tested at each step on a staging environment — never directly in production. Application, dependencies and server brought up to date, critical flows verified, cutover once everything is green.

Step 3

What comes next

from €290 / month · the maintenance subscription

So it never happens again: monitoring, continuous updates, bug fixes. Your application will never again fall ten years behind all at once. The details are on the pricing page.

Why it is affordable with me. Specialized agencies charge tens of thousands of euros for this work, because they throw whole teams at it. My AI agents read your entire codebase, test every step and work under my supervision — the same result, at a price a small business can afford.
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Good to know

Frequently asked questions

My application is not in Rails — is it still possible?
Yes. Rails is my specialty, but the principle is the same for any web application hosted on a VPS: Node, PHP, Python… The audit will say precisely what is feasible and at what price.
My application has no automated tests at all. Is that a problem?
That is the case for most of the applications I take over. Before touching anything, I put regression tests in place on your critical flows — they act as a safety net throughout the upgrade, and they stay yours afterwards.
What could break during the upgrade?
Nothing in production: everything happens first on a staging environment, version by version. The cutover only happens once each step is validated — and we can roll back at any moment.
Do you host my application?
No — your server stays yours, at your own host. I bring it up to date and I can monitor it through the subscription, but you keep control and ownership of your infrastructure.
The original developer is unreachable and there is no documentation.
A classic situation. All I need is access to the code and the server — my AI agents reconstruct how the application works by reading the entire codebase. The documentation is something I produce as an output.

Your application deserves a future. Let's talk.

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Prices exclude VAT and are expressed in euros. Every application is a particular case — the audit exists precisely to establish an honest quote.