FAQ
frequently asked questions
We take over, stabilise, maintain, modernise and improve existing PHP, Laravel and Symfony web applications — SaaS products, booking platforms, e-commerce backends, B2B portals and internal business systems. We also build new features and integrations for products we support. What we are not: a build-cheap-websites shop or a body-leasing agency.
Yes — it is one of our core services, and the previous developer does not need to be available or cooperative. We reconstruct the system from what exists (repositories, servers, databases, the running application), document it, and stabilise the urgent risks first. See how an application takeover works.
With a call about your application and situation, then a System Risk Check — a structured audit that gives you a written, prioritised risk report. From there we agree stabilisation priorities and a budget, or an ongoing maintenance arrangement. The full process is on How We Work.
- Our core stack:
- Backend: PHP — Laravel, Symfony, and legacy frameworks (CodeIgniter, CakePHP, Yii, Zend Framework); also Node.js and Python where a system already uses them
- Databases & infrastructure: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, queues and cron jobs, AWS, Docker
- Frontend: React, Vue.js, Angular, Svelte
- Integrations: payment gateways, availability and pricing systems, Shopify, Salesforce, SAP and other third-party APIs
Three models: a fixed-price System Risk Check, time-and-materials projects (stabilisation, upgrades, modernisation phases, features) with estimates agreed up front, and monthly maintenance retainers sized to your system. What drives the numbers — and why we price from audit evidence rather than guesses — is explained on the pricing page.
You do — always. Repositories, servers, cloud accounts, domains and third-party services stay under your ownership from day one; we work with the access you grant. If we ever part ways, our offboarding promise guarantees a clean, documented handover.
No — old systems are our normal workload. We support end-of-life versions while they are stabilised, then usually propose a staged path via version upgrades or incremental modernisation — without a big-bang rewrite.
Yes. Missing documentation is the rule, not the exception, in takeovers. The System Risk Check maps the code, database, scheduled jobs and integrations, and produces the documentation that should have existed — which then stays with you.
NDAs are standard practice on request. Access is granted by you, scoped to the work, and documented. In the code itself we follow modern security practice: encrypted data transfer, secure authentication, role-based access control and routine dependency patching.
Both — for existing products. Alongside maintenance we build new features and integrations for the applications we support. What we deliberately avoid is one-off greenfield builds with no ongoing ownership.
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