IT Consulting
Consulting is useful at the points where a decision is expensive to reverse: choosing a stack, inheriting a codebase, deciding whether to rebuild or repair. An outside read is cheapest before the commitment, not after.
How we approach it
Read the system as it is
Code, infrastructure, deployment, and how the team actually works. Architecture diagrams and reality diverge quickly.
Name the risks in business terms
"Single point of failure in billing" lands where "tight coupling" does not.
Recommend, and say what would change our mind
A recommendation without its conditions is an opinion. We state what would make it wrong.
Leave something usable
A written assessment you can act on or hand to another team — not a conversation you have to remember.
Common questions
When should we bring in a technology consultant?
Before decisions that are expensive to reverse — a rebuild, a platform migration, an acquisition, or a first significant hire. Also useful when a project has stalled and the team is too close to it to say why.
What does an architecture review involve?
We read the codebase, infrastructure and deployment process, then report what will break as you grow, what is costing more than it should, and what to fix in what order. Typically one to two weeks, ending in a written assessment.
Can you work alongside our existing team?
Yes. Much of this work is augmenting a team that is capable but stretched, or missing one specific skill. We would rather leave your team stronger than create a dependency on us.
Often paired with
Talk it through
Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll tell you honestly whether this is the right way to do it.