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Legacy system modernization.

You inherited an app written in 2014. It works, mostly. Nobody wants to touch it. The original developer is unreachable. We rebuild legacy systems — old PHP, jQuery, unmaintainable WordPress, untouchable codebases — on modern stacks that any senior developer can maintain.

Who this is for

Three patterns we see most often. If one of these sounds like your team, this service likely fits.

Companies with a critical app nobody can maintain

The system runs your business. The developer who built it left in 2018. Any change is scary and slow.

Owners of WordPress sites that became apps

What started as a marketing site is now a full business application held together with 47 plugins. It's painful and fragile.

Companies hitting performance walls

Pages load in 12 seconds. The database has 400 tables and 2 indexes. You've been told to 'just rewrite it' for years.

What you get

  • Migration plan with stages so the old system keeps running until the new one is ready
  • Modern codebase on Laravel + React, Next.js, or whatever fits your team
  • Data migration with verification — every row accounted for
  • Feature parity by default; new features only when you ask
  • Documentation written for the next developer, not for you
  • Performance and security audit at the end of the project

Our approach

How a typical legacy modernization project moves from first call to live in production.

  1. 01

    Audit the existing system

    Code review, dependency audit, database analysis, performance profiling. We map what's there before we touch anything.

  2. 02

    Plan the migration in stages

    Big-bang rewrites fail. We move feature areas one at a time, with the old and new systems both running.

  3. 03

    Rebuild and migrate data

    Modern stack, modern patterns. Data migration is automated, repeatable, and verified before each cutover.

  4. 04

    Cutover and decommission

    Switch traffic to the new system. Old system stays as read-only backup for 90 days, then retired.

Stack we use

Boring, proven tools that other senior developers can maintain. No exotic choices that lock you in.

  • Laravel
  • Next.js
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • PostgreSQL
  • Docker

Ready to start?

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Common questions

The questions clients ask most before starting a legacy modernization project.

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A monthly retainer that keeps your application secure, fast, and online.

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CRMs & Business Tools

Off-the-shelf CRMs don't fit how your team works. We build the version that does.

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Database Migration & Tuning

Slow queries, growing database, or MySQL to PostgreSQL — we audit, optimise, migrate.

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