Code Audits & Refactoring

Sound familiar?

• Every small change takes days, and something else breaks.
• Your developer has left, and the new one says it all needs rewriting.
• You're buying, selling or investing in a business and need to know what the software is really like.
• The site or app is slow and fragile, and nobody can say why.

Code audit

An independent, senior review of your codebase, written for the people who make decisions as well as for developers. I look at security, structure, performance, dependencies, hosting and how the code is deployed. Then I tell you plainly what's fine, what's risky and what to do about it, in order of priority.

Refactoring

Refactoring improves the code without changing what it does for your users. I work in small, tested steps: adding tests around the parts that matter, removing duplication, replacing out-of-date libraries and splitting tangled code into pieces that make sense. The business keeps running throughout, and each change makes the next one easier.

Rewrite or refactor?

A full rewrite is tempting, but it's often the most expensive and risky option. Most of the time, steady refactoring gets you to the same place with far less disruption. Where a rewrite really is the right call, the audit will say so.

Pricing

Audits are quoted at a fixed price based on the size of the codebase. Refactoring can be a fixed piece of work or ongoing time each month, whichever suits you.