Buyer trigger
You have a working app, but changing it feels risky and no one can say honestly whether the current codebase should be saved.
Service
Software recoverability audit
Start here when you need an honest answer on whether a brittle codebase should be recovered, contained, rewritten, or left unsupported before more delivery budget gets committed.
Outcome
A direct recover / contain / rewrite / unsupported decision with a bounded next-step recommendation.
What you receive
- Recoverability decision
- Risk inventory
- Architecture and delivery-readiness summary
- Test and deployment gap analysis
- Fixed-scope remediation estimate
- Evidence bundle
Entry requirement
Source access through GitHub or an approved .zip archive, plus enough context to review the current system shape.
What is outside the standard promise
- No open-ended implementation promise.
- No direct production deployment promise.
- No unsupported-stack promise before preflight confirms fit.
Next step
This service only makes sense when the current system, the decision surface, and the delivery boundary are already explicit enough to stay honest.
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