What I Do
Real backend problems, priced before you commit
Slow queries, unbounded endpoints, and indexes that were never revisited — reviewed and written up as a fixed-price, fixed-scope engagement.
- A decade across backend, database, and ML work
- Fixed price and fixed scope, agreed before anything starts
- A written report with a prioritized fix list — no calls required
Pick The Engagement
A decade across the stack, offered as fixed-price, fixed-scope work instead of an open-ended hire. Every tier below has its scope and its price settled before anything starts.
Diagnostic Audit
A written verdict on what's actually slow
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- 3 to 5 day turnaround
- API, query, and indexing review
- Findings graded by severity
- Prioritized fix list
- No calls required
Optimization Sprint
Fixing what the audit found
$1,500to $3,000
- Bounded, fixed-scope project
- Targeted, already-identified refactors
- Price agreed before work starts
- Handover notes included
Workflow Retainer
Keeping it fast after the fix
$400to $800 /mo
- Ongoing API maintenance
- Query and index upkeep
- CI/CD pipeline support
- For systems already audited
Diagnostic Audit
What The Review Covers
Auth and access control
Object-level checks on every endpoint reviewed, not just whether a token is present.
Query behavior
N+1 patterns, missing pagination, and unbounded queries.
Indexing
Missing indexes, unused indexes, and composite-index column order.
Connection handling
Pooling configuration and statement timeouts.
Error handling and observability
What a production incident would actually look like today.
What you hand over
A sanitized schema or DDL, your slowest endpoints named, and read-only repository access. Nothing write-level.
Before you ask
Common Questions
What if you don't find anything?
The report says so directly, and it's still a useful, priced deliverable: confirmation that the endpoints, queries, and indexing already hold up.
What access do you actually need?
Read-only access to a sanitized schema or the DDL directly, your slowest queries or endpoints named, EXPLAIN output where available, and read-only repository or endpoint access for the API review. Nothing write-level, nothing production-credentialed.
Why fixed price instead of hourly?
The scope is fixed, so the price can be too. You know what the review covers and what it costs before anything starts, and there's no incentive for it to take longer than it should.
What do I get at the end?
A PDF report: a summary verdict, findings grouped by severity with business impact stated in plain language, and a prioritized fix list you can hand straight to a developer.
Proof of work
What the last few engagements
actually involved
“Ghana's premier vehicle marketplace: 15,000+ verified listings, dealer onboarding, and real-time enquiries on a PostgreSQL-backed service that stays fast under concurrent load from both the web portal and the companion mobile apps.”
Bolvs Dealers Club
Vehicle marketplace · Full Stack Developer
Have Any Discussion?
Tell me what's slow, what's breaking, or what you need built. You'll get a written plan back, not a calendar invite.