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Independent Technical Assessment

Ruby on Rails Technical Debt Audit

Inheriting a legacy Rails codebase? Get an independent, no-BS audit from senior Ruby engineers who have been shipping Rails since 2009. We surface the real risks, quantify modernization cost, and deliver a prioritized action plan in 10 working days.

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What you get

A written report every engineer on your team can read, quote, and act on. No vendor lock-in, no upsell.

Risk Register

A prioritized list of security, data integrity, and operational risks with severity ratings and exploit vectors.

Modernization Roadmap

A phased plan (30/60/90/180 days) with scoped cost estimates and engineering effort in days, not buzzwords.

Performance Baseline

P95/P99 request latency, memory profile, database query analysis, and specific bottlenecks worth fixing.

Dependency Audit

Complete Gemfile review: EOL gems, CVEs, fork candidates, and upgrade paths for Ruby and Rails core.

Test Coverage Report

Real coverage metrics, flakiness analysis, CI duration baseline, and a plan to stabilize the test suite.

Vendor Risk Assessment

Hosting, background job, and data storage evaluation. Cloudflare/AWS/Heroku migration trade-offs documented.

The process

  1. 1

    Intake call (45 min)

    We understand your app, team, constraints, and current pain points.

  2. 2

    Code access (read-only)

    GitHub/GitLab repo access. We never write to your main branch.

  3. 3

    Production observability

    Read-only access to logs, APM, and metrics for a 7-day baseline.

  4. 4

    Deep analysis (5 days)

    Two senior engineers audit your codebase, dependencies, and infrastructure.

  5. 5

    Delivery (day 10)

    A 30-40 page written report plus a 90-min debrief call with your team.

Who performs the audit

Your audit is performed by two senior Ruby engineers with 8+ years of Rails experience each. Every engineer has shipped production Rails since at least Rails 4, has handled zero-downtime migrations across major versions, and has debugged jemalloc, Sidekiq, PgBouncer, and GraphQL in production. No juniors, no outsourced labor, no AI-generated reports.

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Frequently asked questions

What does the audit cost?
The Technical Debt Audit is a paid engagement; pricing depends on codebase size and scope. Before we quote, we run a free consultation to understand your situation and confirm fit. No obligation.
How much code can you audit in 10 days?
We can cover a monolith up to ~300,000 lines of Ruby in a standard audit. Larger codebases require a scoped engagement.
Do you sign NDAs?
Yes, we sign mutual NDAs before any code access. Our standard NDA is available on request.
Can you audit a Rails app we did not build?
Absolutely. Most of our audit work is on codebases we did not originally write. That is the point of an independent audit.