Hitting a wall with your app builder?
Base44 and Lovable are great… until things get complicated. Let a software engineer step in.
You keep your app, your data and your accounts. You stay in charge of building.
How it works
- 1
We talk
You show me the app and what is going wrong. I tell you plainly what I see. No jargon, no pitch.
- 2
I fix it and move it
I fix the bugs, tidy up the code, and put your app on hosting and a database you own.
- 3
You keep building
I set up Claude Code on your computer and show you how to use it, with guard rails so a bad change cannot take your app down.
- 4
I take the hard problems
Payments, logins, other software, security, speed. Anything the AI cannot get you through, send to me.
Steps 1 to 3 are done within two days of our first meeting, depending on your schedule.
Who you would be working with

Cooper Tingey · Software engineer and CTO
I'm Cooper Tingey. I keep production software running for a living, and that is the standard I bring to your app. You work with me directly, not a ticket queue.
See my background on LinkedInCatapult
I'm the CTO. It sends customer messages for pest-control companies every day, across three other systems it plugs into.
Porter Mountain Advisors
Their estate-planning app started as a Lovable prototype. Now their staff use it every day: hosted on Google Cloud, staff sign-in, documents drafted automatically, backups. I moved it there and I keep it running.
Questions
Do I have to stop using Lovable or Base44?
No. Keep using it for design and quick changes if you like. What changes is where your app runs and who can fix it.
Who owns the app?
You do. The code, the database, the hosting and the domain all sit in accounts you control. I get access while we work together, and you can remove it at any time.
I don't code. Can I really use Claude Code?
Yes. If you built an app by prompting Lovable, you can build with Claude Code. I set it up, show you how it works, and put guard rails in so a bad change cannot reach your users. When you hit something hard, you send it to me.
Will you rewrite my app?
Almost never. Most apps need a clean-up, not a rewrite. If a rewrite really is the right call, I say so up front and tell you why.
What does it cost?
It depends on what you need, and I am flexible. A monthly retainer if you want me on hand, a one-time fix if you just want the problem gone, or something in between. We work out which one fits on the first call, once I have seen the app. The call is free and there is no obligation.
How soon can we start?
We can usually talk within a few days of you getting in touch. Everything after that, the fixes, the move and your Claude Code setup, is done within two days of our first meeting, depending on your schedule. The two days are my work; the calendar depends on how quickly you can get me access and give me an hour or two of your time.
Tell me about your app
What did you build, and where did it get complicated? I read every message myself and reply within one business day.
Guides
Longer answers to the questions people ask me most.
- Taking a Lovable app to production
- Migrating from Lovable Cloud to your own database
- Hire a Lovable developer: one engineer, not an agency
- Security review for Lovable and Supabase apps
- A real staging environment for your Lovable app
- Moving from Lovable to Claude Code
- Getting a Base44 app out of Base44