Backend Stability & Scale Readiness Review

Identify hidden backend risks before they turn into outages, rewrites, or revenue loss.

A focused diagnostic to give founders clarity on stability, scaling, and technical debt.

Most backend failures don't happen suddenly

They build up silently until something breaks. Here's what we see repeatedly:

Fragile async systems, hidden technical debt, and ignored scaling decisions quietly compound until one day everything breaks.

Hotfixes become routine. Your team spends more time patching than building.

Scaling slows releases. Every new feature feels risky to ship.

Hidden errors in background jobs silently corrupt data or drop requests.

Cloud costs keep climbing without clear explanation or control.

Your team avoids touching critical code because no one fully understands it.

A focused backend audit — not implementation work

We diagnose and document. What you do with the findings is your choice.

Architecture Review

We map your data flow, service boundaries, async systems, and failure modes to understand how your backend actually works.

Risk Mapping

We identify scaling bottlenecks, hidden coupling, and technical debt that will hurt you as traffic or complexity grows.

Actionable Output

You get clear priorities and a scale-readiness verdict. Know exactly what to fix first and what can wait.

A structured engagement designed to give you clarity without disrupting your team's work.

Intro Call

We understand your context, scope, and risk profile. You share access to your codebase and infrastructure.

Review

We do a deep dive into your architecture, systems, and code. No meetings required from your team.

Findings

You receive a written risk map with specific recommendations prioritized by impact and urgency.

Verdict

Your system gets a clear rating: Safe, Risky, or Unstable. No ambiguity, no hand-waving.

Built from real backend failures

This review exists because we've seen what happens when backend issues are ignored. Outages at critical moments. Emergency rewrites that drain budgets. Revenue lost to preventable failures.

We've spent years building and fixing backend systems for growing products. The patterns are predictable. The fixes are usually straightforward — once you know where to look.

This diagnostic gives founders the clarity they need before problems become crises.

50+

Backend systems reviewed

Years of backend experience

Outages for prepared clients

Patterns We Catch

Database bottlenecks before they cause outages
Async race conditions corrupting data
Hidden coupling causing cascading failures
Technical debt reaching critical mass

Paid. Intentional. Worth it.

This is a paid diagnostic. Not a sales call disguised as a consultation. You pay for focused expertise that protects your business.

Investment

$1,500 – $3,000

Depending on system complexity

Comprehensive written report

Risk mapping

Clear verdict on scale readiness

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Common questions

No. This is a diagnostic review. We analyze your system, document gaps and risks, and deliver clear, prioritized recommendations. We do not write code or implement changes during the review.
Execution can be handled by your internal team, another contractor, or by us in a separate, optional engagement once the review is complete.

Founders and technical leaders of growing products who suspect their backend has accumulated risk — whether from rapid scaling, team changes, or years of quick fixes. If you're not sure what you don't know, this review tells you.

Great. An outside perspective often catches what internal teams miss — not from lack of skill, but from proximity. We see patterns across dozens of systems that no single team experiences.

Typically 1-2 weeks from kickoff to final report, depending on system complexity and access. Your team's involvement is minimal — usually just one intro call and providing codebase access.

Read-only access to your codebase (GitHub/GitLab), infrastructure configuration (AWS/GCP/etc.), and any relevant documentation. We never need production database access or credentials.