Written modernization decision memo
- Current constraints
- What can stay
- What should be upgraded
- What should be refactored
- What can be extracted
- Credible Go candidates, if any
- Major risks
- Recommended sequence
Migration Readiness Audit
Know what to modernize before paying for a rewrite
A fixed-price look at the running PHP system: what can stay, what should be upgraded, and which workload — if any — is worth extracting.
€1,200 fixed price
Good fit when
- Your PHP application is business-critical but expensive or risky to change
- PHP or framework upgrades are blocked by legacy dependencies
- Releases require too much coordination or manual care
- One part of the monolith has different scaling or deployment needs
- The team is discussing PHP → Go but does not yet know whether the migration is justified
- You need an implementation sequence, not another abstract architecture diagram
What you provide
Production credentials are not required by default.
- A short architecture walkthrough
- Relevant repository or code access
- PHP, framework and runtime versions
- Deployment information
- Representative metrics, if available
- Database and query information, if relevant
- Current pain points
- Existing architecture documentation, if available
What I review
- Current architecture
- Runtime and framework state
- Upgrade blockers
- Performance bottlenecks
- Deployment constraints
- Database and data-path issues
- Service boundaries
- PHP → Go candidates
- Migration sequencing
What you receive
Prioritized roadmap
An ordered sequence of work, not only an architecture diagram. What to do first, what can wait, and where to stop.
60-minute readout call
A technical walkthrough of the memo and roadmap, plus questions from your team.
Example of the decision format
| Finding | Recommendation | Priority |
|---|---|---|
| Unsupported framework version | Upgrade in place | First |
| Reporting overloads the primary database | Separate the read path | High |
| High-concurrency worker | Evaluate service extraction / Go | Medium |
| Stable low-traffic admin module | Keep in PHP | Leave alone |
Illustrative example — not a client case study.
Commercial terms
- €1,200 fixed
- Implementation is not included
- No obligation to continue
- Implementation is scoped separately
- A valid audit result can be that no Go migration is needed
Typically delivered within five business days after the required materials and access are available.
Senior backend experience behind the audit
- 8+ years commercial backend engineering
- Production PHP and Go
- Symfony and Laravel
- PostgreSQL and Redis
- Docker and Kubernetes
- Architecture, migrations and production incidents
- Direct B2B engagement with the engineer doing the work
Next step
Start with the system, not with a rewrite
If the first look at the architecture is enough to tell that this is not the right engagement, I will say so.