01 Performance & architecture audit
A fixed-scope audit before a six-figure commitment.
A paid, fixed-scope diagnostic of your system, Core Web Vitals and INP, architecture, technical debt, security surface, and scalability risk, delivered as a prioritized findings report and a call. It stands on its own, and if you go on to build with us, the fee credits toward the engagement. The honest first step before a larger build.
02 The position
You should know what you have before you pay to rebuild it.
Most rebuild proposals are guesses dressed as plans. A team glances at your site, assumes the worst, and quotes a number that protects them from their own uncertainty. You pay for the padding. We would rather do the diagnosis first, properly and for a fixed fee, so the build that follows is scoped against evidence instead of anxiety.
The audit is a real deliverable, not a sales call with a PDF attached. We measure what is actually slow, read how the system is actually built, and find the debt, security exposure, and scaling limits that will decide what your next year costs. You get a prioritized report and a working call to walk through it. What you do next is your decision, with or without us.
If you do decide to build, the audit fee credits toward the engagement, so the diagnosis is effectively free to clients who proceed. Either way you leave with the truth about your system, which is worth more than another optimistic quote. It is the same discipline behind our technical consulting and performance engineering.
03 Philosophy
A paid audit is an honesty filter, in both directions.
Free audits are marketing, and everyone knows it, which is why their findings always conveniently point at the expensive package. Charging a fixed fee changes the incentive: our job is to be right, not to upsell. We will tell you when your system is healthier than you feared and the rebuild can wait, and that has happened.
It filters the other way too. A business willing to invest a few thousand dollars to understand its own system before committing six figures is the kind of client we do our best work for. The audit is how both sides find out, cheaply and fast, whether a larger engagement is the right call.
The cheapest rebuild is the one you scoped against evidence instead of a guess.
04 Capabilities
What we audit.
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Core Web Vitals & INP
Field and lab measurement of LCP, CLS, and INP, the interaction latency that quietly fails real users. We find what is slow, why, and what it is costing. Grounded in our work on Core Web Vitals at scale.
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Architecture & system design
How the system is actually built, its boundaries, data model, coupling, and the decisions that will either absorb growth or break under it. The expensive problems are architectural, so this is where we look hardest.
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Technical debt
An honest inventory of the debt that is slowing every change and inflating every estimate, with each item ranked by cost and risk rather than listed for effect. The method behind our technical-debt audit guide.
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Security surface
The exposure a determined attacker would probe first, dependency risk, access control, configuration, and the gaps that turn into incidents. Not a penetration test, but the surface a rebuild must close.
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Scalability risk
Where the system stops being fast or cheap as traffic, data, or team size grows, the limits that decide whether your success becomes a problem. We map them before they cost you.
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Rebuild-vs-refactor read
A clear verdict on whether you need a rebuild, a targeted refactor, or neither, with the reasoning written down. Informed by our redesign-versus-rebuild decision framework.
05 Method
How we think about the work.
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Fixed scope, fixed fee.
You know exactly what the audit covers and exactly what it costs before it starts, a flat $2,500. No open-ended billing, no scope creep, no surprise invoice.
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Evidence, then a verdict.
We measure and read the system before we conclude anything. The findings are ranked by impact and cost, and the verdict, rebuild, refactor, or leave it alone, follows the evidence rather than our pipeline.
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It pays for itself.
The audit is a real deliverable on its own, and if you go on to build with us, the fee credits toward the engagement. The diagnosis qualifies the build instead of guessing at it.
07 Related thinking
Where this work goes deeper.
· Questions we get
Common questions, honest answers.
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What does the audit cost?
It is a flat fee of $2,500, agreed before any work begins. There is no open-ended billing and no surprise invoice, you know the price and the scope up front.
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What exactly do I receive?
A prioritized findings report covering Core Web Vitals and INP, architecture, technical debt, security surface, and scalability risk, with each finding ranked by impact and cost, plus a working call where we walk through it and answer questions. You leave with a clear read on your system and a defensible verdict on whether to rebuild, refactor, or leave it alone.
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How long does it take?
Most audits are delivered within one to two weeks of kickoff, depending on system size and how quickly we can get access. It is deliberately a short, sharp engagement, the point is a fast, honest read, not a months-long study.
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Does the fee credit toward a larger project?
Yes. If you decide to build with us after the audit, the audit fee credits toward that engagement, so for clients who proceed the diagnosis is effectively free. If you take the report elsewhere or do nothing, you have still paid only the fixed audit fee for real, usable findings.
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What if the audit says we don't need a rebuild?
Then that is what it says, and that is a valid and valuable outcome. A paid audit means our incentive is to be right, not to sell you a rebuild. We have told clients their system was healthier than they feared and the work could wait.
· Working together
Find out what you actually have.
Before you commit six figures to a rebuild, spend a few thousand to know whether you need one. Book the audit, get the truth about your system, and put the fee toward the build if you proceed.
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