#01
Slow development pace
Every new feature or bug fix takes days or weeks longer than it used to. Developers are frustrated, business needs are piling up. The system isn't scaling with the pace you need.
SERVICE
Deep audit of an existing system, refactor plan, rebuilding critical points — without a full rewrite.
What we deliver
If your existing system no longer scales, is slow to change, or has become brittle — you don't necessarily need to rewrite the whole thing. We do a deep audit, name the critical problems, and give you a prioritised refactor plan: what to rebuild first for maximum impact.
Deep review of code quality, performance, security, and scalability. Critical issues named concretely.
CI/CD, deploy flow, monitoring, cloud setup. Where the risks are and where money is being wasted.
Prioritised plan with impact estimates: what to rebuild first, what last, for maximum return.
Step by step, on a live system — production stays up, development doesn't stall.
Automated tests, blue-green deploys or canary releases — so the rework doesn't cause downtime.
New ADRs, development guidelines, team mentoring workshops. Your team can carry on.
When you need this
#01
Every new feature or bug fix takes days or weeks longer than it used to. Developers are frustrated, business needs are piling up. The system isn't scaling with the pace you need.
#02
Traffic has grown (new customers, new markets, campaign effects) and the system is starting to struggle: slowness, hangs, occasional outages. You know it needs urgent attention — but you don't want to rewrite everything.
#03
The previous dev shop or team has left, and your in-house team or a new partner is taking over. Before they dive in, you need to know where the risks are and what to fix first.
A concrete example
Anonymised, illustrative project example.
Starting point
A Hungarian SaaS company's 4-year-old PHP monolith had become slow to change; every release needed multiple QA days.
Weeks 1–2
Codebase review (40k+ LoC), architecture mapping, infrastructure check. Critical points: god objects, sparse tests, manual deploy.
Week 3
Prioritised plan with impact estimates. Top focus: split god objects, raise test coverage on business core, build CI/CD.
Weeks 4–10
In phases, on a live system. God objects split into focused modules, test coverage substantially raised, GitHub Actions CI/CD.
Week 11
New ADRs, development guidelines, team mentoring workshops so the in-house team can carry it on.
Outcome
Deploy time went from days to hours, developer velocity noticeably increased, the codebase is open to change again.
Related services
Often these go together — adjacent services we also handle.
FAQ
A deep audit (codebase + architecture + infrastructure) typically 2–3 weeks. Refactor roadmap another +1 week. The rebuild phase is a separate project after that — or we carry on.
A detailed audit document on critical problems, a prioritised refactor roadmap with impact estimates, and concrete recommendations on what to rebuild first for maximum return.
Rarely, and only when that's genuinely the fastest path. In most cases gradual refactor is cheaper and lower risk. The audit deliberately looks for rewrite-free alternatives first.
Yes, if you want. After the audit we often work in 2–4 week refactor sprints. If your team takes it forward, the roadmap has everything needed for that.
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