Technical leadership · fixed-price first step
Architecture review and due diligence
A fixed-scope review of a codebase and its infrastructure for founders, investors and acquirers: architecture, code quality, security posture, scalability, delivery process and engineering practices. You get a written report with findings ranked by risk, and a plain-language summary.
- Timeline
- Agreed per project after scoping
- Price
- Fixed price per scope
- Engagement
- Fixed-price
Is it a fit?
For
- Non-technical founders checking an agency's or a freelancer's work
- Investors and acquirers who need technical due diligence before a deal
- Teams planning a large rebuild who want a second opinion first
Not for
- A rubber stamp: the report says what I find
What you get
- Architecture diagrams of the system as it really is
- Findings on code quality, security, scalability, cost and delivery, ranked by risk
- Estimates for fixing the important findings
- A plain-language summary for decision-makers
- A call to walk through the report and answer questions
How it runs
- 01
Agree the questions
What decision the review supports, and what's in and out of scope.
- 02
Read and measure
Code, infrastructure, pipelines, monitoring and incidents, plus conversations with the team.
- 03
Report
Written findings, estimates and a summary, then a walkthrough.
Typical stack: System design · Code review · Cloud architecture · Security review · CI/CD · Observability
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Questions
Who is this for?
Founders validating work they can't read themselves, investors and acquirers doing technical due diligence, and teams deciding whether to rebuild or refactor.
Will you talk to our team?
Yes, briefly. Code shows what was built; conversations show why, and what the team already knows is wrong.
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Tell me about your project.
A short brief is enough to start. I’ll reply with questions, a suggested first step and when I could begin.