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AI app review

Find out what's fragile or expensive in your AI-built app.

I personally review your code and hand you a prioritized report, then walk you through it. $99 launch price, 5 places left.

  • Report in 48–72 hours
  • Refund if it isn't useful
  • NDA available
Maxim Zubarev

Maxim Zubarev GitHub ↗

Your reviewer. Your point of contact.

My engineering work has supported teams at

  • CopilotKit
  • Onuu
  • Ourfires
  • Physical Park
  • Challenging Events
  • Bookit Sports

What this helps you do

Make better decisions about your app, your time, and your money.

Find room to lower your bills

I trace where your costs come from, such as repeated AI calls and data that grows forever, and which savings are worth it.

Give your users less waiting

I find the slow queries and the requests that wait on each other in the screens your users rely on most.

Find the security holes before someone else does

I check who can see whose data, where your passwords and keys are kept, and what's open to the internet. Then I tell you what to close first.

Protect the moments that earn trust

I follow login, payments, saved work and the numbers your customers rely on through failures, retries and the wrong account.

Make the next feature easier to build

Tell me what you want to build next. I show you what to clean up first, so adding it doesn't break what already works.

Spend less time babysitting the app

I look for the silent failures and manual fixes that turn you into customer support.

Know what's worth keeping

Some awkward code is fine for your stage. I tell you what to keep, what to simplify and what to replace.

Give your coding agent instructions it can rely on

I check AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md and Cursor rules for stale commands, conflicts and dead weight.

lines of first-party code in scope
1M
discovery call to set priorities
15 min
from agreed start to your report
48–72h
walkthrough call with me
30 min

What it's like to work with me

From previous engineering engagements.

Jordan Ritter
Jordan RitterCo-Founder of Napster & CTO of CopilotKit
He often did the unglamorous work that makes a product enterprise-ready. Maxim owns problems end-to-end and ships work that lasts. I'd hire him again in a heartbeat!
Israel Kehat
Israel KehatCTO
Maxim is not just very technically-deep and super knowledgeable, he is also the rare kind of professional who proactively and continuously identify issues, often before they happen, and tend to them.
Manuele Capacci
Manuele CapacciCo-founder, Ourfires
What I particularly value about Maxim is his ability to anticipate potential issues and proactively contribute to strategic discussions, always considering how technical decisions impact various aspects of our business.
Atai Barkai
Atai BarkaiCEO & Co-Founder of CopilotKit
Hand him a problem, and the next thing you hear is that it’s fixed, shipped and documented. Engineers who think this carefully about the customer are rare, and he is one of them.

A note from me

Why I'm offering this review.

Hi, I'm Maxim. AI tools let founders ship a working app faster than ever. What they don't tell you is which parts will cost you later: the bill that grows with every user, the payment flow that breaks on a retry, the feature that takes ten rounds of prompting because everything is tangled.

That's the judgment I bring to the teams I work with. This review packages it for founders who don't need a full-time engineer, just an honest second opinion.

I'm pricing the first reviews low while I refine the service. You get the launch rate; I get your feedback.

Maxim Zubarev

Your reviewer and point of contact

How it works

Here's how we'll work together.

  1. Book your review

    Payment books your place. If our discovery call shows it isn't a fit, I refund you in full.

  2. We set priorities on a 15-minute discovery call

    Show me what you've built and what worries you. No technical brief needed.

  3. Share your repository, with an NDA if you need one

    Read-only GitHub access and a test environment are enough. No production credentials.

  4. I investigate and write your report

    It arrives 48–72 hours after the agreed start.

  5. Leave with a plan you can use

    A written report and a 30-minute walkthrough with me. Hand the fixes to your coding agent or another developer.

Launch pricing

Get my eyes on your app.

$99USD, one-time

5 places left at this price

Book your review (opens in a new tab)

Useful, or you don't pay. Ask within 7 days of our walkthrough for a full refund. You keep the report.

What you get

  • One app, up to 1,000,000 lines of code
  • A written report: what to fix first, what can wait, what's sound
  • Evidence and a recommended fix for every finding
  • A check of your coding agent's instruction files
  • A 30-minute walkthrough call with me
  • BonusThe Mission-Critical Vibe Coding guide

The price rises as places fill

  1. $99First 5 reviews (current price)
  2. $199Next 10 reviews
  3. $399Next 20 reviews
  4. $699All following reviews

Before we start

Is my app a good fit?

This review is for founders with a working app who are preparing to launch, take payments, or depend on it for their business. If you built it mostly by prompting and there's at least one part you'd rather not touch because you're not sure why it works, it's a good fit. It fits internal tools too: if you or someone on your team built an app with AI and the business now relies on it, the builder gets a second pair of eyes and the owner gets a clear picture of what the company is depending on. Not sure? Write to me before you book and I'll tell you whether it fits. If the discovery call shows the review isn't right for your app, I refund you in full.

Which technologies can you review?

My strongest ground is JavaScript and TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, React Native and Python. I'm not a top expert in them, but I've worked with Angular, written Java, Ruby on Rails and C# applications, and dabbled with Go. Beyond that I consider myself language-agnostic: languages mostly differ in syntax while the semantics stay very similar, so I'm confident judging these and many more. If I feel I'm not proficient enough with your stack or your codebase, I'll tell you and refund you in full.

Can you tell me whether my app is ready for real customers?

I'll tell you what I checked, what I found, and what I'd fix before someone depends on your app. You get a specific list in place of a general worry, including the parts that look sound. It isn't a guarantee that nothing will go wrong, and it isn't legal advice.

What if the report isn't useful to me?

If my report doesn't give you something worth acting on, tell me within 7 days of our walkthrough call and I'll refund you in full. You keep the report. This covers the review; a repair sprint is a separate agreement.

How big can my codebase be?

The listed price covers one app with up to 1,000,000 nonblank, noncomment lines of first-party code, including relevant tests, scripts, and configuration. AI-written application code counts. Dependencies, vendored code, generated clients, lockfiles, and build output don't. If yours might be close to the limit, write to me before you book. For a larger repository or monorepo, we'll agree a self-contained portion to review or a separate quote. The report names the scope and any areas left unreviewed.

When will I get my report?

The review takes 48–72 hours from our agreed start, once I have the required access. That is separate from any wait for a start date. We agree the start date and expected delivery on the discovery call after you book.

Why does the price increase?

I'm offering a limited run of early reviews at launch prices while I refine the service. Every tier includes the same scoped review, written report, and walkthrough with me. Prices advance as paid bookings fill each tier. You pay the price shown when you book.

Can we sign an NDA before I share the code?

Yes. We can agree an NDA before repository access. We'll also agree permitted tools and code handling. Read-only GitHub access and a test environment are the starting point; you don't need to make your code public or hand over production credentials.

Will the review itself lower my bills or make my app faster?

The review identifies and prioritizes opportunities; implementing the changes is a separate step. Savings and performance gains depend on what we find and what you implement. Where useful data is available, I'll ground estimates in it and explain how to measure the result. A recommendation to keep a sound part of your app is a useful outcome too.

Can I use the report to make the fixes myself?

Yes. The report is yours to use with your coding agent or another developer. Recommendations explain the intended behavior and how to check a fix, so you have a practical starting point for implementation. You don't need to hire me for the follow-up work.

Will you use AI during the review?

Yes, definitely. But I work through your code with it through my own lens: I zoom into the places I want to understand and judge better, and I follow my intuition wherever it leads. There's a good chance I'll read certain files myself.

What does the review tell me about security?

I examine security concerns within our agreed scope, including access control and handling of sensitive data. The report states what I checked and where further testing is warranted. Specialist penetration testing and compliance certification are separate engagements.

What happens if I want you to fix the issues?

I'll quote a separate repair sprint based on the findings. We agree the changes, price, timeline, and acceptance checks before I start. You receive the code changes, verification results, and a walkthrough of the decisions behind them.

Bring your repo.Leave with a plan.

Book today and get your report 48–72 hours after we start.

If the report isn't useful to you, I refund you in full.

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