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06 · Technical audit

A read of what you have, before you decide to fix or replace it

Rewriting is expensive and often unnecessary. Before you decide, it helps to know what is actually wrong: whether the code is the problem, whether the architecture is, or whether one bad decision is doing all the damage. You get the findings whether or not you hire us afterwards.

What is included

Performance and Core Web Vitals

Measured on your live site, not simulated. Largest paint, layout shift, page weight, request count — and which of them a visitor actually notices.

Technical SEO and indexability

Whether a crawler receives your pages at all. This is where we most often find something serious: a JavaScript app serving an empty document to every search engine.

Architecture and code review

Where the structure will fight you as the product grows, and where it is fine. Including which parts are worth keeping — usually more than people expect.

Dependency and security check

Known vulnerabilities, abandoned packages, secrets in the wrong places, and the configuration mistakes that only show up under load or under attack.

Who it fits

Before a rewrite decision

The cheapest hour you will spend on the question. Sometimes the answer is that the rewrite is right, and then you have evidence rather than a feeling.

After inheriting a system

A new developer, a new CTO, an acquisition. You need to know what you now own before you promise anyone a date.

When traffic is not converting

Sometimes the marketing is fine and the site is quietly broken — slow on the phones your customers use, or invisible to search.

Start with the scope conversation. It costs nothing and it is usually one call.