Something is broken right now and it is costing you money.
The most expensive mistake at this stage is self-diagnosis. People arrive convinced the database is corrupted when the real problem is an expired certificate, or convinced they have been hacked when a plugin update broke a template.
Guessing wrong sends the work to the wrong specialist, and you pay for hours spent looking in the wrong place. Say what you observe instead: what page, what error text, what you were doing when it started, and what changed recently.
Production incidents follow a predictable order, and skipping steps in it is how a small outage turns into data loss. A competent engineer will stabilise before they investigate.
When revenue is stopped, there is enormous pressure to accept whoever can start in ten minutes. That is usually how a temporary patch becomes permanent: the symptom disappears, the underlying fault stays, and it returns in a worse form during a busier week.
It is worth the extra hour to get someone who will tell you what actually failed. A written explanation of the root cause is the difference between having paid for a fix and having paid for a delay.
Whoever helps you will need credentials, and an outage is exactly when people hand over too much of them in a hurry. Give access to the specific system involved, not to everything, and revoke it when the work is finished.
If you cannot get into your own hosting, domain registrar or repository, say so up front. Recovering ownership is frequently the first job, and it changes how long everything else takes.
For genuine outages we prioritise specialists who are available immediately. In practice triage usually starts within a couple of hours of you sending the description.
Do not delete anything — the traces are how the entry point gets found. Change passwords on hosting and email, take the site offline if payment data may be involved, and describe what you saw.
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Full-stack developer working across the entire stack — websites, apps, servers, databases, AI integrations, SEO, and QA. Languages & Core: writes code in JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, PHP, Go, and Rust. Architects scalable systems for large-scale projects. Frontend & Interfaces: builds websites and web applications with React and Next.js. Crafts responsive interfaces with Tailwind CSS, Radix UI and Shadcn, adds smooth animations with Framer Motion, and interactive charts with Recharts. SEO Audit & On-Page Optimization: semantic keyword research, resolving technical indexing issues, and optimizing page load speeds. Structures page architecture, meta tags, and multi-language support (i18n). Copywriting & Content Strategy: writes technical articles, drafts precise content briefs for writers, and develops content plans. QA & Testing: full-cycle testing for websites, web services, and Android apps — manual QA for UI/UX and business logic, plus automated testing with Jest, Vitest, Playwright and E2E. Backend, Cloud & Databases: complex API integrations of any scale. Builds servers with Node.js (Express, Fastify). Works with PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB, ORMs (Prisma, Drizzle), and cloud infrastructure (Supabase, Firebase, Cloudflare). Browser Extensions & Automation: develops Manifest V3 browser extensions for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and other browsers. Builds web scrapers for complex data extraction using Puppeteer and Playwright. AI & Intelligent Agents: builds custom AI agents and integrates LLMs from OpenAI, Google Gemini, and Anthropic Claude via API, including Claude Code setups. Servers & DevOps: Linux (Ubuntu) and VPS administration — setup, updates, real-time monitoring, secure process isolation, Nginx, PM2, and CI/CD deployment via GitHub Actions. Telegram Bots: develops advanced Telegram bots (Telegraf, Grammy) integrated with AI, payment gateways, Google Sheets, and crypto exchanges. Desktop Applications: builds cross-platform software for Windows and macOS using Electron and Rust. Additional expertise: site development and customization with WordPress and Astro.
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AI and distributed systems architect providing advisory and fractional leadership on enterprise AI, RAG pipelines, cloud architecture and blockchain-backed data systems.
Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
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Senior backend engineer working across PHP and Python, with a growing focus on AI engineering: building LLM-powered application features on top of existing backend systems and APIs.