# SystemTrails

> You built fast with AI. Now it has to hold. Free teardown of your AI-built product — 3 concrete findings and a fix-or-rebuild verdict, recorded, within 72 hours.

Dan Podina, senior systems architect (20 years in fintech, healthcare, and SaaS backends), makes AI-built products ready for what's next: enterprise pilots, due diligence, real load, first engineering hires. Free recorded teardown, fixed-price Hardening Sprint, Senior Oversight Retainer, Due-Diligence Read for investors. No rebuild pitch.

Dan Podina is a systems architect (GQLTeam SRL, Cluj-Napoca, Romania) working on production systems since 2005. Current roles: Founder, SystemTrails; Independent software architect, GQLTeam SRL. Published prices: free teardown $0 (recorded, within 72 hours, capped at 2/week), Hardening Sprint from $2,500, Senior Oversight Retainer $2,000/mo, Due-Diligence Read for investors and acquirers $1,500. Contact: info@gqlteam.com. Book a call: https://cal.com/dan-podina-snqasy/30min.


## Start here

- [Free Teardown](https://systemtrails.com/free-teardown/index.md): A senior architect reviews your AI-built product: 3 concrete findings and a fix-or-rebuild verdict, recorded on video, within 72 hours. Free, async, no sales call.
- [Pricing](https://systemtrails.com/pricing/index.md): Fixed prices, published. Free teardown, Hardening Sprint from $2,500, Senior Oversight Retainer $2,000/mo. No rebuild pitch — ever.
- [Due-Diligence Read](https://systemtrails.com/due-diligence/index.md): A fixed-price technical read on an AI-built codebase before you invest or acquire: provenance, risk, and remediation cost. $1,500, 5 business days.
- [About](https://systemtrails.com/about/index.md): Dan Podina — systems architect, 20 years in fintech, healthcare, and SaaS backends. Founder of GQLTeam. He makes AI-built products ready for what's next.
- [Contact](https://systemtrails.com/contact/index.md): Request a free teardown of your AI-built product, book a call, or just ask. Recorded review with 3 concrete findings within 72 hours.

## Findings and guides

- [What does it cost to make an AI-built app production-ready in 2026?](https://systemtrails.com/resources/cost-to-make-ai-built-app-production-ready-2026/index.md): In 2026 an AI-built app costs $0 to $1,500 to diagnose, $2,500 to $8,000 for a two to three week fix pass, and $2,000 to $15,000 a month for senior oversight.
- [Is my Lovable app secure? Six checks to run before launch (2026)](https://systemtrails.com/resources/lovable-app-secure-six-checks-before-launch/index.md): Six checks before a Lovable app launches: RLS on every table, no secret key in the bundle, auth settings, bucket policies, keys server-side, a tested backup.
- [Is my AI-built codebase well designed? Count the files each change touches (2026)](https://systemtrails.com/resources/files-touched-per-change-ai-built-codebase/index.md): The one design signal a non-engineer can measure: how many files change per small change. Three or four means separable parts; fifteen means tangled. In git.
- [Your AI-built app connects to Gmail. Six things that have to hold before launch (2026)](https://systemtrails.com/resources/gmail-connected-ai-built-app-before-launch/index.md): Six checks before launching a Gmail-connected AI-built app: scopes, token storage, per-user isolation, Google verification and CASA, watch renewals, deletion.
- [Before you raise: what technical due diligence asks of an AI-built codebase (2026)](https://systemtrails.com/resources/technical-due-diligence-ai-built-codebase/index.md): Technical due diligence on an AI-built codebase in 2026 asks five things: who understands the code, is it secure, can it be restored, can it be maintained, and can it survive a hire. Here is the evidence to prepare.
- [What Is a Vibe Code Audit? (And What a Real One Should Cover)](https://systemtrails.com/resources/what-is-a-vibe-code-audit/index.md): You built your app with AI and now someone told you to 'get it audited.' Here's what a vibe code audit actually is, what it covers, what it costs, and how to spot a shallow one.
- [The Architecture Map Every AI-Built Startup Needs (Free Template)](https://systemtrails.com/resources/architecture-map-template/index.md): You built it fast with AI. Now you need to explain it — to investors, new hires, and yourself. Here's the free architecture map template we use with every client.
- [I Audited 50+ AI-Built Codebases. Here's What They All Get Wrong.](https://systemtrails.com/resources/audited-50-ai-codebases/index.md): After reviewing dozens of apps built with Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, Bolt, and Lovable, the same 5 problems keep showing up. Here's what to look for in yours.
- [All resources](https://systemtrails.com/resources/index.md): Articles on AI-built MVPs, architecture, scaling, hiring, and production readiness.

## Platform checklists

- [Lovable app production checklist: eight checks before real users (2026)](https://systemtrails.com/platforms/lovable/index.md): A Lovable app is production-ready when Row Level Security isolates every user, the service_role key stays server-side, migrations and backups exist in the synced repo, and the app builds outside Lovable. Eight checks with sources.
- [All platform checklists](https://systemtrails.com/platforms/index.md): Production checklists for apps built with Lovable, Bolt, Replit, Cursor, v0 and other AI builders: the eight checks before real users, with platform-specific facts and sources.

## Identity
- Person: Dan Podina, Systems Architect, Cluj-Napoca, Romania — https://danpodina.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-podina/
- GitHub: https://github.com/pedeceul
- Company: GQLTeam SRL — https://gqlteam.com
- Email: info@gqlteam.com
- Book a call: https://cal.com/dan-podina-snqasy/30min

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