Know What You're Dealing With Before You Rewrite It
Understand the risks, technical debt, and modernization options in an existing software system before committing to a rewrite.
An application can still deliver real business value even when its original developers have left, its dependencies are aging, and nobody is confident about what a change might break. Before deciding to rewrite, refactor, upgrade, or leave it alone, get a technically grounded view of the system.
The Legacy Codebase Audit is a focused, fixed-scope starting point—not a commitment to a large consulting engagement. Exact scope depends on the size and shape of the repository and application.
What the audit can cover
- Architecture and code structure, including areas of excessive complexity and technical debt
- Dependencies, frameworks, and obsolete or end-of-life technologies
- Automated test coverage, reliability, and testability
- Deployment, CI/CD, database and schema concerns
- Security and operational risks visible from the codebase
- Maintainability and areas that are particularly dangerous to change
- Modernization options, including rewrite versus incremental improvement
- Where AI-assisted development is reasonably safe and where AI agents need closer human supervision
What you receive
A concise written report with an executive summary, major risks and technical-debt areas, quick wins, a prioritized modernization sequence, what should not be rewritten, and suggested next steps. Where useful, we will schedule a follow-up call to discuss the findings.
The work is performed directly by a senior engineer with more than 20 years of software-development and engineering-leadership experience. Relevant experience includes PHP, CakePHP, Laravel, Zend, JavaScript and TypeScript, SQL and MySQL, Docker, CI/CD, automated testing, Linux, and modernization of older production systems.
Fixed-scope starting package
Legacy Codebase Audit — from ₪2,500
The final scope and price are agreed after a short conversation about the repository and your questions.
Get a clear, independent view of your codebase.
Start with a short conversation about the application and the decisions you need to make. The audit scope is agreed before work begins.