MSMS

Tech Consulting

Strategic technical guidance for founders and teams: architecture reviews, stack modernization, code audits and fractional CTO support to help you ship faster and scale safely.

What we deliver

01

Architecture reviews

A clear read on your current system — data model, boundaries, failure modes — and the handful of changes with the most leverage. We separate the fires you must fix from the debt you can safely live with, so effort goes where it moves the needle.

02

Stack modernization

Incremental migrations to Next.js, React and typed backends via the strangler pattern, so the old system keeps earning while the new one grows beside it. No big-bang rewrite, no roadmap freeze — the risky part ships behind flags in small, reversible steps.

03

Performance & CWV audits

Bundle analysis, Core Web Vitals (LCP/INP/CLS) and server-timing traces with a prioritized, quantified action list. We name the specific offenders — the hydration cost, the blocking third-party, the unbounded query — not a generic "optimize images".

04

Fractional CTO

Embedded, part-time technical leadership: architecture calls, hiring, vendor decisions and roadmap tradeoffs with someone who has shipped before. You get senior judgment on the expensive-to-undo decisions without a full-time exec salary.

05

Team enablement

Code-review standards, CI/CD gates, testing strategy and the practices that raise a team’s shipping speed without heroics. We leave behind a way of working, not a dependency on us.

06

Technical due diligence

Investor- or acquirer-grade assessments in plain language: architecture, security, scalability and key-person risk, with each finding flagged by severity. You get a defensible view of what you are buying or raising against, not a vibe check.

How we work

  1. 01

    Discovery

    We interview your team and read the actual codebase, CI and incident history to understand where you are — not where the deck says you are. Access to the repo and a few honest conversations tell us more than any questionnaire.

  2. 02

    Assessment

    We document findings, risks and options with a cost/benefit and severity on each, backed by evidence from the code and the metrics. Nothing is "best practice because we said so"; every recommendation has a why and a price.

  3. 03

    Roadmap

    We turn the assessment into a sequenced plan your team can actually execute, ordered by risk and payoff. Quick wins land first to build momentum; the expensive structural work is broken into reversible steps.

  4. 04

    Support

    We stay embedded to guide execution — reviewing PRs, unblocking decisions and adjusting as reality lands. The goal is to leave your team able to keep the pace without us.

Tech we use

Architecture
System designDDDHexagonalEvent-drivenMicroservicesC4 modelADRsAPI design
Performance
Core Web VitalsProfilingFlamegraphsk6Lighthouse CIBundle analysisDB query tuning
Cloud & infra
AWSGCPDockerKubernetesTerraformServerlessCDN
DevOps & CI/CD
GitHub ActionsPipelinesBlue-green / canaryFeature flagsIaCSecrets management
Quality & testing
Testing strategyTDDUnit / integration / e2eCode reviewStatic analysisSLOs / SLIs
Security
Threat modelingOWASPDependency auditsSecrets managementSOC 2 readiness
Data & scale
PostgreSQL tuningCaching strategyShardingConnection poolingQueue design
Leadership
Fractional CTOTechnical due diligenceTeam enablementHiring / interviewsRoadmappingMentoring

What you get

  • Written architecture and code audit report with prioritized, severity-tagged findings
  • Core Web Vitals and bundle analysis with named, quantified offenders
  • Sequenced modernization roadmap ordered by risk and payoff
  • CI/CD, testing and code-review standards your team keeps
  • Hiring and team-structure recommendations
  • Optional embedded fractional-CTO hours and a follow-up review after implementation

Frequently asked

Is this a one-off or ongoing?

Either. We run fixed-scope audits and reviews with a report you own, or embed as a fractional CTO on a monthly basis. Many clients start with an audit and continue with a few days a month once they see the roadmap.

Do you write code, or just advise?

Both, and we lead with hands-on when it helps. We can drive the modernization in the codebase, pair with your engineers and review PRs — advice that never touches the repo is worth a lot less.

How fast do we see value?

The first audit delivers a prioritized, quantified action list within about two weeks, with quick wins you can ship immediately. You do not wait a quarter to learn what is wrong or what to do first.

Will you work with our existing team?

That is the point. We embed with your engineers, raise the standards and mentor as we go, so the capability stays after we leave. Reducing key-person risk is usually one of the first things we fix.

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