Software architecture
Architecture isn't a diagram you draw once. It's the set of decisions that determine how expensive your next two years are. We make those decisions explicitly, document why, and stay to execute them.
What you get
Boundaries, data models, and interfaces designed for the next 10x — plus the migration path to get there without a code freeze.
01An honest assessment first
Where the system is actually fragile, ranked by blast radius. Sometimes the answer is that your monolith is fine and the real problem is the deploy pipeline.
02Architecture decision records
Every meaningful call captured with context, options considered, and consequences. Your next engineer inherits reasoning, not just code.
03Boundaries from traffic
We instrument first and split second. Service edges that follow real call patterns hold up; edges that follow the org chart move with the org chart.
04A migration that never freezes
Strangler patterns, feature flags, dual writes, and backfills sequenced so you keep shipping features the whole time.
05Load and cost modeling
What breaks at 10x, what it costs at 10x, and which of those two you'll hit first.
Shapes this usually takes
Most engagements take one of these three shapes. Which one fits depends on how well-defined the problem already is — tell us the situation and we'll say which, and what it would take.
Architecture review
A written assessment with ranked risks, quick wins, and a recommended sequence.
Contact usDesign & migration plan
Target architecture, ADRs, and a phased plan your team can execute — with or without us.
Contact usEmbedded execution
We work alongside your engineers to land the migration, pairing and reviewing as we go.
Contact usWhat we reach for
Boring where boring works, current where it matters. We pick for what your team can maintain after we leave — not for what looks good in a case study.
Where we've done this
Common questions
Should we move to microservices?
Probably not as many as you think. Most teams under 40 engineers are better served by a well-modularized monolith and one or two extracted services where the scaling or ownership boundary is real.
Will you just hand us a document and leave?
Only if that's what you're buying. We prefer to stay through the first phase of execution, because plans that no one implements tend to be wrong in ways you only find out by building.
We're mid-rewrite and it's going badly. Can you help?
Often, yes. The usual fix is to stop the big-bang rewrite, pick the highest-value slice, and ship it behind a flag. We've done this recovery a number of times.
Is software architecture the right move for you?
Send us the situation. We’ll come back with a read on whether this is the right service, a rough range, and what we’d want to learn first.