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Technical Consulting & Architecture system
System reviews, stack decisions, vendor evaluations, migration plans, and second-opinion calls. For founders who need a technical sounding board before committing six figures to a build or vendor.
Best fit
Non-technical founders, operators, and engineering leaders who need an outside perspective on a major technology decision — without hiring a CTO.
Common signals
- Your engineering team / vendor proposed a rewrite — and you can't tell if it's necessary or empire-building.
- Vendor proposals all sound the same and you can't compare them apples-to-apples.
- You inherited a tech stack and want to know what's salvageable, what's debt, and what's a time bomb.
- Considering an acquisition or partnership and need a technical due-diligence read.
Outcomes
What you walk away with.
Concrete deliverables, not slide decks. Each outcome is a system, document, or measurement you keep.
Honest read on the current state of systems, debt, and risk
Recommendation memo on build-vs-buy, stack changes, or migration approach
Vendor evaluation matrix with weighted criteria and red-flag detection
Technical due diligence reports for M&A, partnerships, or major investments
Typical delivery
How the engagement
actually runs.
Four phases. Each one ends in a checkpoint that triggers the next. No surprise pivots, no scope creep.
Discovery interviews with engineering, ops, and the people who use the systems
Code, architecture, and process review (where access permits)
Written recommendation with clear options, tradeoffs, and a recommended path
Walkthrough call with stakeholders to align on next steps
Automation philosophy
How we think about
automating the work.
Principles that shape every recommendation. Real leverage, not theatre.
Default recommendation: less software, not more — most stacks are over-tooled.
Optimize for the team you have, not the team you wish you had.
Cheaper-to-replace beats harder-to-extend — bias toward modular, well-documented systems.
Free diagnostics
Try the diagnostic
before scoping the work.
Self-serve diagnostics that map directly to this service. Score your situation in under 10 minutes, then bring the result to the call.
Bring us the bottleneck.
We’ll bring back the plan.
Technical Consulting & Architecture engagements start with a free diagnostic call. Tell us what is broken, what you have tried, and what good looks like.
Typical response time: 24h · No retainer required