Inherited codebase with no documentation
The original developer is gone, nothing is written down, and the business depends on it. We take it over.
- Node.js
- React
- MongoDB
- AWS
Example project · Rescue
Production application that keeps falling over
Outages, slow pages and corrupted records — diagnosed with evidence, stabilized, then fixed at the root.
This is a representative example of a project type we take on — a typical situation, approach and scope — not a description of a specific client engagement. Timelines are indicative; yours will depend on the details.
The situation
The application goes down under load, background jobs silently fail, and customers report data that is simply wrong. The team restarts the server and hopes. Each fix seems to cause a new problem.
How we approach it
- Add error tracking and metrics first, so decisions rest on evidence.
- Stop the bleeding: the handful of fixes that prevent most of the outages.
- Find and repair damaged data, and close the bug that damaged it.
- Address the root causes — usually a few slow queries and unsafe background jobs.
What gets delivered
- Incident diagnosis report
- Stability and performance fixes
- Data repair
- Monitoring, alerts and a prevention plan
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A self-service portal where customers book visits, approve quotes and pay invoices — replacing phone calls and emailed PDFs.
- React
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