App rescue: what we do when a build stalls
How Wve Labs takes over an inherited codebase, stabilises it, and gets a stalled app back into the store.
Engineering · April 8, 2026 · 6 min read
Week one is measurement, not rewriting
We audit build pipelines, crash rates, dependency health and the release history before touching product code. Most stalled apps are not architecturally doomed; they are undeployable.
Restore the release train first
A reliable build and a working store submission restore momentum faster than any refactor. Once you can ship weekly, every other fix compounds.
Then decide what to keep
With real telemetry we can say which modules deserve investment and which should be replaced. That decision made with data is the difference between a rescue and a second failed rewrite.
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