Architecture Review
Assessment of your system's structure, boundaries and scaling path against your actual roadmap.
Outcome — Confidence the foundation fits the plan.
Technical
consulting.
Independent assessments of architecture, performance, security and infrastructure — written findings you can act on, whether or not you hire us to implement them.
Written findings, prioritized by impact
Vendor-neutral recommendations
NDA before anything sensitive
Overview
A second opinion, in writing.
What it is
Focused engagements where we assess, advise and plan rather than build: audits, architecture reviews, technology selection and roadmaps — always delivered as written documents.
Why it matters
Bad technical decisions compound for years. An independent review before a major investment — or after persistent problems — is the cheapest engineering money you'll spend.
Business value
Decisions backed by evidence instead of vendor pitches, risks surfaced before they become incidents, and a prioritized plan your team can execute.
Challenges
When you need outside eyes.
Consulting engagements usually start with one of these situations.
- +A big rebuild decision with no second opinion
- +Performance problems nobody can diagnose
- +Security posture unknown before a review
- +An agency quote you can't evaluate
- +Technical debt with no prioritized plan
- +SEO losses with no technical explanation
- +Due diligence on an acquisition's codebase
Solutions
How we help.
Performance Audit
Profiling of frontend, backend and database with prioritized, quantified fixes.
Outcome — A fix list ordered by user impact.
Security Audit
Review of authentication, access control, dependencies, secrets and infrastructure exposure.
Outcome — A risk register with concrete remediations.
Technical SEO Audit
Rendering, structured data, Core Web Vitals and crawlability — engineering-level SEO.
Outcome — Ranking problems traced to their real causes.
Infrastructure Assessment
Hosting, deployment, backups and cost review with a right-sized target design.
Outcome — Lower risk and usually a lower bill.
Technology Selection
Framework, platform and vendor comparisons scored against your constraints.
Outcome — A defensible decision, documented.
Code Quality Review
Maintainability assessment of an existing codebase — yours or one you're acquiring.
Outcome — You know what you're buying or inheriting.
Fractional CTO
Ongoing senior technical leadership: roadmaps, hiring support and vendor management.
Outcome — CTO-level judgment without the full-time cost.
Industries served
Who asks for our opinion.
Startups
Architecture validation before scaling, technical due diligence for investors, MVP roadmaps.
SMEs
Independent evaluation of agency proposals, legacy system assessments, modernization plans.
Agencies
White-label audits and senior review capacity for your client projects.
E-commerce
Performance and conversion-path audits, re-platforming decisions.
SaaS
Scaling reviews, security posture assessments, cost optimization.
Investors
Technical due diligence on acquisition targets — codebase, team practices, risk.
Process
How an engagement runs.
Step 1
Scoping call
What decision or problem the engagement must serve — agreed up front.
Step 2
Access & NDA
Confidentiality signed, read-only access arranged, stakeholders scheduled.
Step 3
Assessment
Code, infrastructure, metrics and interviews — evidence gathered systematically.
Step 4
Written findings
Prioritized report: what's fine, what's risky, what to do, in what order.
Step 5
Walkthrough
Findings presented to your team, questions answered, plan refined.
Expertise
What we can assess credibly.
Backend & APIs
Node.js · NestJS · PHP · Symfony · Laravel · Python
Frontend
React · Next.js · Angular · Core Web Vitals · Accessibility
WordPress
Plugin/theme quality · WooCommerce · Migrations · Performance
Infrastructure
Linux · Docker · Terraform · Cloudflare · AWS · CI/CD
Data
PostgreSQL · MariaDB · MySQL · Redis · Query optimization
AI systems
LLM architectures · RAG · Cost & quality evaluation · MCP
Security & SEO
Auth review · Dependency audits · Technical SEO · Structured data
Deliverables
What you receive.
Documents your team — or any team — can execute against. Never a slide deck of platitudes.
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Written audit report
Findings with evidence, severity ratings and effort estimates.
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Prioritized roadmap
What to fix first and why — ordered by impact, not fashion.
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Architecture documentation
Diagrams and decision records for the current and target state.
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Cost analysis
Where money goes now and what the recommendations change.
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Executive summary
One page for non-technical stakeholders and boards.
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Follow-up session
A walkthrough with your team — included in every engagement.
Why EKSNEKS
Advice from people who build.
Practitioners, not analysts
We run production systems daily — advice comes from builds, not frameworks-of-frameworks.
Vendor-neutral
No reseller deals, no kickbacks — recommendations serve you only.
Evidence-based
Every finding backed by measurements, code references or reproduction steps.
Actionable output
Reports your team can execute — with effort estimates, not vague directives.
Confidential
NDA-first, read-only access, and your data never leaves agreed boundaries.
No forced follow-on
The report stands alone. Hiring us to implement it is optional, never assumed.
FAQ
Consulting, answered.
How long does an audit take?
Most focused audits (performance, security, SEO) take 1–2 weeks. Full architecture reviews or due diligence run 2–4 weeks depending on system size. Timeline is fixed in the quote.
Do you need access to our code?
For code-level findings, yes — read-only access under NDA. Infrastructure and SEO audits can often run with more limited access. We adapt to your security requirements.
Will you just tell us to rewrite everything?
Almost never. Rewrites are usually the most expensive and riskiest option. Our default is incremental: stabilize, then improve, in priority order. When a rewrite genuinely is justified, we show the math.
Can you evaluate another agency's proposal?
Yes — we review scope, architecture and pricing and give you a written second opinion with questions to ask. Discreetly.
Do you do technical due diligence?
Yes — for acquisitions and investments: codebase quality, team practices, infrastructure risk and hidden liabilities, delivered on your deal timeline.
What if we want you to implement the findings?
That's a separate, optional engagement with its own quote. Many clients implement with their own teams — the report is written to make that possible.
What does consulting cost?
Indicatively from €120/hour, with fixed quotes for defined audits. The initial consultation is free.
Is everything confidential?
Yes — NDA before anything sensitive, agreed data boundaries, and findings shared only with the people you designate.
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Want an honest assessment?
Start with a free consultation. If an audit makes sense, you'll get a fixed written quote for it.