Built your app with Bolt? Let’s get it past the prototype.

Bolt gets a working app in front of people faster than almost anything else. Then the project grows, the AI starts losing track of it, and every fix costs more tokens than the last.

I’m a fractional CTO who works on React and Supabase apps every day. I audit your Bolt app in 48 hours and tell you exactly what to fix, whether Bolt can keep up, and how to move the code somewhere it can keep growing.

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What Bolt gives you

Front end: Usually React with Vite, though Bolt also builds with Vue, Svelte, Astro and Next.js, and Expo for mobile apps.
Back end: Bolt’s built-in database, which runs on Supabase, or a Supabase project you connect yourself, for data, sign-in and server-side functions.
Hosting: Netlify, one click from Bolt, with custom domains. The code can also be downloaded or pushed to GitHub.
Left to you: Database access rules, keys kept out of the browser, payment edge cases, tests, monitoring, and a structure that still makes sense at fifty components.

Where Bolt apps break

Too big for the AI to hold

Once a project outgrows Bolt’s context window, you see “Project size exceeded”. Well before that, the AI can start forgetting earlier decisions, duplicating components and undoing its own work. Bolt’s own advice is to trim files or split the app.

Tokens burned on loops

When a fix doesn’t land, every retry costs tokens. A bug that needs one careful change can eat days of credits in prompt loops.

Works in the preview, fails live

Bolt runs your app inside the browser while you build. Some things behave differently there, such as direct database connections, so an app can work in the preview and fail once deployed, or the other way round.

Database rules left open

Bolt’s database runs on Supabase, where the key in your front end is public by design. Row-level security on every table is the only thing keeping strangers out of your data.

Keys in the browser

Prototypes often call OpenAI or Stripe straight from the front end. Those calls need to move into a server function before launch, or anyone can copy your key and spend your money.

Three ways forward

The audit tells you which one fits

Option 1
Harden it on Bolt
Best when the app is still small enough for Bolt to keep track of.
Lock down the database rules, move keys server-side, fix the payment flow, and add monitoring and backups. You keep prompting in Bolt, with project instructions that keep it consistent.
Option 2
Own the code
Best when you’re hitting Bolt’s size limits or have paying users.
Code in your GitHub, your own Supabase project and hosting, a staging environment, and CI with tests. From there any developer or AI tool can work on it, not just Bolt.
Option 3
Move to a production codebase
Best when you’re hiring engineers, raising, or the app needs real structure.
Restructure the code into a project a team can maintain, rebuild the data model, auth and payments properly, and migrate your data and users. The screens your users know stay wherever they work.

Questions

Bolt says “Project size exceeded”. What now?

The project no longer fits in what the AI can read at once. Trimming unused files buys time. The lasting fix is moving the code to GitHub and working on it with tools built for large codebases, with tests so changes stop breaking each other.

Can I keep using Bolt after you’ve worked on it?

For new screens and small changes, often yes. Once the code lives in GitHub with tests and CI, Bolt becomes one way to change the app rather than the only one.

Is my Bolt app’s data safe?

Only if your database rules are right. The key in your front end is public by design, so row-level security on every table is what keeps strangers out. The audit checks every table and every storage bucket.

Start with a 48-hour audit

Usually reply within a day

A fixed $1,500 review of your Bolt app: database rules, secrets, payments, reliability, performance and code. You get a ranked fix list within 48 hours of giving me access, and a clear call on which path fits. See everything the audit covers.

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