IT Consulting & Architecture

What We Do

Architecture decisions that pay dividends for years

The most expensive bugs are architectural ones - they compound over time and become harder to fix with every sprint. Getting the architecture right from the start (or correcting it before it's too late) saves orders of magnitude more than it costs.

We offer hands-on consulting grounded in real delivery experience. Our team has designed front-end architectures for enterprise financial platforms, built multi-product open-source organisations and shipped numerous web, mobile and extension applications. This is not theoretical advice but proven, practical guidance.

Services range from one-off architecture reviews and technology selection workshops to ongoing fractional CTO engagements. We focus on TypeScript/JavaScript ecosystems, PHP backends, CI/CD pipelines, monorepo strategies and cross-platform code sharing.

Architecture decisions informed by delivering enterprise-grade platforms for financial institutions. The same strategic thinking is available for your project.
Based on enterprise architecture delivery experience

When to engage a consultant

You're starting a new project and want the architecture right from day one

Your existing codebase has grown unwieldy and needs a modernisation roadmap

You're evaluating frameworks, languages or platforms and need objective guidance

Your team needs mentoring on best practices, testing strategies or CI/CD

Risk Reduction

Identify architectural debt and scalability gaps before they become crises.

Informed Decisions

Technology choices backed by delivery experience, not hype cycles.

Team Enablement

Patterns, documentation and mentoring that uplift your entire engineering team.

Pragmatic Approach

Solutions sized to your budget and timeline - not over-engineered ivory towers.

20+

Years in IT

12+

Enterprise clients served

12+

Years commercial experience

How we work

Our delivery process

Audit

Codebase review, architecture assessment
Diagnose

Risk mapping, bottleneck identification
Recommend

Prioritised roadmap, ADRs, tech choices
Enable

Team mentoring, documentation, handover

Technology

Tech stack we use

Architecture Review

Code Audit

Tech Selection

CI/CD Strategy

Monorepo

API Design

Performance

Mentoring

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What does a typical engagement look like?

It ranges from a one-off 2-day architecture review to an ongoing fractional CTO arrangement. We tailor the format to your needs and budget.

Do you write code during consulting?

When needed, yes. Proof-of-concept implementations, migration scripts, CI pipeline configuration are all within scope.

What industries have you worked with?

Primarily fintech and payments, but also SaaS, e-commerce and developer tooling.

Can you mentor our team?

Yes. We offer hands-on mentoring in TypeScript, testing strategies, CI/CD, architecture patterns and code review practices.

Portfolio

Example Completed Projects

CodeMap

CLI Developer Tool

v1.0.0

Repository analysis & architecture mapping. Scans any codebase, extracts dependencies, analyzes git ownership, and generates interactive D3.js graphs.

Architecture Map Dependency Graph Git Ownership

View on GitHub

EntityMap

Home Assistant Integration

v1.0.0

Dependency graph & impact analysis for Home Assistant. Maps entity relationships, detects fragility issues, and provides migration guidance - 100% local.