Technical Assessment
& Code Review

Prefect for: Founders, CTOs, and operators inheriting unfamiliar systems or preparing to scale.
Price:
$7.5K–$12.5K

Know exactly what you’re working with before you pour more fuel on it. We get hands-on with your codebase, infrastructure, and delivery process to surface risks, expose bottlenecks, and highlight real opportunities to improve performance, scalability, and developer velocity. You leave with a practical, prioritized playbook your team can start executing immediately.

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What You Get

1
Codebase Scorecard
readability, test coverage, complexity, security flags
2
Infrastructure Audi
on-prem, cloud, or hybrid; cost, resilience, observability
3
DevOps Maturity Check
CI/CD, environments, release cadence, rollback paths
4
Tech Debt Backlog
prioritized by impact, effort, and risk
5
Architecture Recommendations
target-state patterns and migration paths
6
Engineering Org Insights
roles, rituals, accountability, and delivery metrics
7
90-Day Technical Playbook
with milestones, owners, and success measures

What’s Included

  • Codebase scorecard
  • Infrastructure audit (on-prem, cloud, or hybrid)
  • DevOps maturity check
  • Tech debt prioritization
  • Architecture recommendations
  • Engineering org insights on process, structure, and accountability

How It Works

Kickoff & Goals

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Align on objectives, risks, constraints, and success metrics.
Step 1
Access and Inventory
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Review repos, pipelines, environments, IaC, monitoring, runbooks.
Step 2
Code and Architecture Review
Sample critical services and integrations; identify hotspots and anti-patterns.
Step 3
Infrastructure and DevOps Audit
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Assess deployment flow, environment parity, SLOs, alerts, and cost posture.
Step 4
Org and Process Assessment
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Observe standups, boards, PR workflow, and release management.
Step 5
Synthesis and Playback

Deliver scorecards, heat maps, and a prioritized plan with owners and timelines.
Step 6
Timeline:
Typically 1–2 weeks for a single product stack. Add time for multi-product or complex environments.

Pricing And Tiers

1
Core — $7.5K

One product or service cluster, codebase and DevOps review, light infra audit, 90-day playbook.

2
Plus — $10K

Adds deeper infra and cost analysis, security posture check, and a more detailed tech debt backlog.

3
Full — $12.5K

Includes target-state architecture, migration options, org/process recommendations, and executive readout.

Pricing is customized based on project scope, team composition, and timeline.
We’ll validate the right tier at kickoff so you only pay for the depth you need.

What do we need from you?

  • Read-only access to repos, CI/CD, cloud console, and monitoring
  • A tech lead or architect as day-to-day contact
  • Sample environment or reproducible local setup
  • 2–4 short interviews with engineers and product stakeholders

Outcomes you can expect

  • A clear view of current state and the fastest path to improvement
  • Reduced operational risk through visible, prioritized fixes
  • Better delivery velocity with tighter CI/CD and cleaner code boundaries
  • An executive-ready summary plus an actionable plan for the team

Who this is for

  • Teams scaling usage, features, or headcount
  • Leaders inheriting systems after M&A or turnover
  • Organizations planning a modernization or cloud migration

Who is this not for?

  • Greenfield projects with no code or environments yet
  • Teams seeking only a pen-test or compliance audit (we can add those on request)

FAQs

Who is this for and when should I use it?

Perfect for teams inheriting legacy codebases, considering a rebuild, or unsure if current systems can scale. Often used before major investments, vendor transitions, or feature expansions.

What are the expected outcomes?

A comprehensive report on your system’s health — including architecture review, scalability analysis, technical debt inventory, and modernization recommendations.

What inputs do we need from your team?

Read-only access to repositories, documentation (if available), and time with your technical lead or dev manager to understand context.

How is this service priced? and what’s excluded?

Priced between $10K–$15K based on system size and codebase complexity. Excludes refactoring or rebuild work, which can be scoped after the review.

How do we measure success?

You’ll gain a clear picture of what’s working, what’s risky, and what’s next — along with actionable steps to improve maintainability and performance.

What happens after this engagement (handoff/next step)?

We can move directly into a Technical Roadmap Strategy or Delivery Engagement to execute the findings and implement improvements.

How do you work with my in-house team?

We operate as an independent third-party review — respectful, transparent, and collaborative. Findings are shared constructively to empower, not criticize, your internal developers.

What risks or blockers typically derail this—and how we mitigate them?

Lack of code access or missing documentation can create blind spots. We mitigate this by focusing on system-level patterns and interviewing engineers for context.

Add-Ons

Remediation Sprint
address top five issues in 2–4 weeks
Cost and Performance Tuning
targeted savings and SLO lifts
Security Hardening Pack
secrets, auth, network policies, SBOM
Reliability Toolkit
SLOs, runbooks, chaos exercises, on-call playbooks
Pricing represents a typical range for recent projects. Final cost depends on complexity, integrations, and team composition. We’ll confirm scope, price, and timeline after a short discovery call.

Want a clear, no-nonsense plan to level up your stack?

Book a discovery call and we’ll scope the right tier and start date.

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