Performance & Reliability Assessment (1-2 weeks)
A fast, low-risk way to get clear answers: what's slow, what's fragile, and what to fix first - with evidence and a plan.
Client-identifying details are removed. Access can be read-only.
You need clarity and quick wins
Teams usually start here when production is noisy, performance is drifting, or an important deadline is coming up.
p95 spikes under load, slow endpoints, queue backlogs, DB contention, cache misses.
Too many pages, noisy alerts, fragile deploys, unclear ownership, slow time-to-recover.
Schema drift, broken partner feeds, "one-off scripts", replay pain, and unreliable processing.
You get a ranked, actionable punch-list
This isn't a generic audit. The output is a prioritized plan your team can execute immediately.
- Ranked issues by impact & risk
- Evidence: traces, query plans, dashboards, logs
- Remediation options with trade-offs
- Low-risk fixes we can ship in days
- Medium-term roadmap for reliability & performance
- Clear next engagement: retainer or project scope
What week 1 typically looks like
We start with measurement, then narrow to the real bottlenecks.
- Service map + ownership
- Top endpoints by p95 & error rate
- DB health: slow queries, locks, indexes
- Trace critical requests from real traffic
- Identify top 3-5 high-leverage fixes
- Draft safe rollout plan + rollback
- Share initial findings + quick wins
- Agree on week 2 priorities
- Confirm access & constraints for fixes
Read-only is fine
We can get meaningful results with minimal permissions. We'll recommend the smallest access that supports the goals.
- Logs/metrics/traces (Datadog/New Relic/CloudWatch/etc.)
- DB read access (or exported query stats)
- CI/CD pipeline visibility
- Incident history (tickets, postmortems, alerts)
- No downtime assumptions
- Reversible changes and clear rollback steps
- Verification metrics defined before shipping
Want to see if this fits your situation?
Send a short description of what you're trying to ship and what's slowing you down. We'll respond with a recommended first step and what week 1 looks like.