--- title: Software Architecture Audit For Product Teams @ Varstatt url: https://varstatt.com/x/teams/architecture-audit description: "Software architecture audit for product teams: one week, a ranked fix list, a rewrite-or-refactor verdict and the top fix shipped. $997, one payment." section: Services (https://varstatt.com) --- # Architecture Audit for Peace at Night One week in your code: a fix list ranked by cost, a rewrite-or-refactor verdict, and the top fix as a pull request. $997, one payment. **What's included:** - ✅ Senior developer - ✅ Full code ownership - ✅ Done in one week - ✅ One price, paid once - ❌ Meetings overhead - ❌ Scope creep - ❌ Hourly billing - ❌ Billing surprises **Get started:** - [Start a Project](https://varstatt.com/start?cta=agent) - [Ask Jurij](mailto:jurij@varstatt.com) ## Problems - **Features Take Weeks Now** Changes touch files nobody meant to touch, and fixed bugs come back. - **A Big Bet Is Coming** A rewrite, a new platform, a jump in users. Will the base hold? [Read the case](https://varstatt.com/jurij/p/soapnoteai-v2-now-serves-100-percent-of-users) - **The Architect Is Gone** What's load-bearing, and what is safe to touch? - **AI Wrote Much of It** Every feature works alone. Does the whole hang together? ## What You Get | Area | Finding | Fix | Story | |---|---|---|---| | Bill | Security rules that read the database on every check, and a server that polled. | Data under each user's path, events not polling | [The story](https://varstatt.com/jurij/p/fidder-overengineering-made-me-pay) | | Region | An AI feature's sandbox doesn't run in the customer's region. *The answer was in the docs.* | Ask where the data may go first | [The story](https://varstatt.com/jurij/p/it-works-you-cant-ship-it) | | Keys | An OpenAI key in the frontend, no Firestore rules. | Calls move to Cloud Functions, rules added | [The story](https://varstatt.com/jurij/p/when-polish-over-security-costs-real) | Also in the report: a rewrite-or-refactor verdict with each path's cost in weeks, and one page in business terms. ## Five Days, Then Your Call | When | Step | What Lands | |---|---|---| | Days 1-3 | The Read | I trace the slowest change and the bug that keeps coming back | | **Day 4** | The Report | Findings ranked by cost, each with file, fix and effort in days | | Then | Your Call | Stop, or keep me on by the week to work down the list | ## Who It's For **Right For** - CTOs and tech leads who want a second opinion - Teams that inherited a codebase - Teams shipping with AI tools **Better Elsewhere** - Stacks outside JavaScript and TypeScript *A developer of that stack* - The deploy pipeline and releases *A DevOps audit* - Cloud design: VPCs, IAM, Kubernetes *A cloud engineer* - Penetration tests, compliance certificates *A security firm or auditor* ## How It Works A simple, predictable and transparent process that eliminates development headaches. 1. **Book** — Pay once and you get a dedicated task board. The audit is its first task. 2. **Setup** — Read access to the repo, hosting and logs, and a branch I can push the fix to. 3. **Plan & Develop** — The ranked list becomes your task list. You decide how far down I go. 4. **Review & Refine** — You review the report and the pull request. I revise until you're satisfied. 5. **Progress** — You approve the report. If you keep me on, I take the next item. 6. **Maintain** — If you keep me on, issues you report go first. ## Pricing — One-Time One week in your code, and the report. - **Price:** $997 - **Note:** 1-week delivery - **Plan:** A senior second opinion, with the top fix shipped. - **Includes:** - 🧑‍💻 10+ years shipping software - 🗣️ Direct access to developer - 🪪 Full code & assets ownership - **CTA:** [Get Started](https://varstatt.com/start?cta=agent) - **Questions:** jurij@varstatt.com ## FAQ ### What is a software architecture audit? A software architecture review that ends in a ranked fix list and a pull request, not a call and a diagram. It doubles as a code audit and a tech debt assessment. ### What does a code audit cost? $997, one payment: one week, report included. No contract. ### What does a code audit include? Six areas, in the order they hurt: [structure](/jurij/p/build-apps-like-lego-bricks), data model, [failure handling](/jurij/p/production-bugs-that-never-threw-an-error), scale and cost, security at the seams, continuity. ### Can an AI tool audit our code instead? Run one first: it catches local issues. It can't tell which module next quarter's roadmap will hit, or what has failed in production before. ### Should we rewrite or refactor? Usually refactor: a rewrite costs most in the freeze. When a rebuild is honest, it runs beside the old app, [as it did for 8 months](/jurij/p/soapnoteai-v2-now-serves-100-percent-of-users). ### What's the tech stack? JavaScript and TypeScript only, on the [default stack](/principles/delivery/default-stack). Other stacks: I say no rather than learn on your dime. ### What happens after the report? Keep me on by the week and I work down the list, one task at a time. Or hand it to any developer: it's written for them. ### What if the audit isn't useful? I revise the report until you're satisfied. ### How do I start, and how soon? Fill in the [project form](/start?cta=architecture-audit-faq) and name the change that hurts most. I reply the next working day; if it fits, with a first plan and a call invite. ## Testimonials > "Jurij understand the core problem, insists on building the right experiences for the customers." > — [Kunal Modi, Founder @ SOAPNoteAI](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jurijtokarski/details/recommendations/) > "Working with Jurij is an absolute joy, consistently exceeds expectations." > — [Janis Ozolins, Content Creator](https://x.com/OzolinsJanis/status/1875168034249146609) > "Consistently delivered quality code in great time, very hard working & precise." > — [Bartosz Poźniak, CEO @ MyCointainer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jurijtokarski/details/recommendations/) > "The kind of engineer that every company on the planet would be lucky to have." > — [Hosam Mazawi, COO @ LemonUnit](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jurijtokarski/details/recommendations/) ## [Teams × Varstatt](https://varstatt.com/x/teams) Architecture Audit fits product teams best: CTOs and tech leads who need a senior on one part of the product. - **[React & Next.js Development](https://varstatt.com/x/teams/react-development)** "The upgrade keeps losing to features." Small pull requests, no big-bang rewrite. - **[Node.js Development](https://varstatt.com/x/teams/nodejs-development)** "Backend work waits on a hire." Endpoints, integrations, an API being retired. - **[AI Development](https://varstatt.com/x/teams/ai-development)** "Nobody here has shipped an LLM feature." A prototype on your data first. - **[n8n Development](https://varstatt.com/x/teams/n8n-development)** "Our workflows have no owner." New flows, code where nodes stop, monitoring. - **[App Maintenance](https://varstatt.com/x/teams/app-maintenance)** "An old app still has users and no owner." Kept current and safe. - **[Firebase Audit](https://varstatt.com/x/teams/firebase-audit)** "The bill keeps rising, or nobody trusts the rules." The bill tied to its code, every rule reviewed. - **[DevOps Audit](https://varstatt.com/x/teams/devops-audit)** "Releases are slow and scary." Planning to monitoring, fixes ranked. - **Architecture Audit (this page)** "Every feature takes longer than the last." Why, what to fix first, whether a rewrite pays. Not on a product team? [See what Varstatt offers you](https://varstatt.com/x). ## About Varstatt is run by [Jurij Tokarski](https://varstatt.com/jurij), product engineer since 2011. Contact: [jurij@varstatt.com](mailto:jurij@varstatt.com) / [X](https://x.com/jurijtokarski) / [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jurijtokarski/) Sole proprietorship headquartered in Rzeszów, Poland. VAT ID: PL8133854722.