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Bug Fixes & Code Refactoring

Targeted bug fixes and pragmatic code refactoring for legacy codebases.

Overview

What we deliver

We diagnose tricky bugs, ship clean fixes, and refactor risky code so your product is easier to change without regressions.

We help [BRAND] clients unblock release pipelines and pay down technical debt without rewriting the whole application. Our engineers start with a focused triage of the reported issue, reproducing the bug, isolating the cause, and proposing the smallest safe change. For larger problems we recommend a refactoring plan that improves naming, separates concerns, removes dead code, and adds the tests that should have existed. We work across PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, and Ruby stacks, and we are comfortable inside WordPress, Laravel, Next.js, Django, and Rails projects. Every change moves through pull requests, code review, and a staging deploy before production. We document what changed and why so future maintainers can pick up where we left off. The result is fewer regressions, faster onboarding for new engineers, and a codebase that stops surprising you.

Fit Check

Built for teams like yours

Who it's for

  • Product teams with growing tech debt
  • Founders inheriting prior agency work
  • CTOs preparing for due diligence
  • Teams hitting release bottlenecks
  • Maintainers of legacy CMS sites

Pain points we solve

  • Recurring or intermittent bugs
  • Fragile code afraid to touch
  • Low test coverage
  • Slow build and deploy times
  • Inconsistent code style
What's included

Capabilities

Everything we cover in this engagement.

  • Bug reproduction and triage
  • Root cause analysis
  • Hotfix delivery
  • Refactoring sprints
  • Unit and integration tests
  • CI pipeline cleanup
  • Static analysis setup
  • Developer documentation
How we work

Our process

A clear, predictable path from kickoff to outcomes.

01

Triage

We reproduce the issue and rank the backlog by impact.

02

Plan

We propose minimal, low-risk changes with rollback paths.

03

Build

We implement fixes behind pull requests with tests.

04

Review

We pair with your team on code review and QA.

05

Ship

We deploy to staging, then production, with monitoring.

What you get

Deliverables & outcomes

What you get

  • Bug triage report
  • Pull requests with tests
  • Refactoring plan
  • Updated documentation
  • CI configuration
  • Post-deploy summary

Outcomes you can expect

  • Fewer production incidents
  • Faster feature delivery
  • Higher engineer confidence
  • Cleaner code reviews
  • Reduced onboarding time
Timeline

2 to 8 weeks

Engagement

Monthly retainer, Project, Sprint

Tools we use

GitHub, Sentry, PHPStan, ESLint, Jest

KPIs we track

Bug recurrence, test coverage, cycle time, lint errors, deploy frequency

Client stories

What clients say

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Our LCP was 4.8 seconds and Google was punishing us for it. They audited the build, dumped two plugins we did not need, moved hero images to a real CDN, and rewrote the critical CSS. LCP came down to 1.6 seconds within three weeks. Bounce rate on the pricing page dropped by a quarter without us touching the copy.

Sarah K.
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My books were 90 days behind and I was avoiding my accountant. They cleaned up nine months of mis-categorized Shopify and Stripe entries, set up proper rules in QuickBooks, and now my close lands on day four of every month. First time in three years I opened a P&L without wincing. Cash forecasting actually makes sense now.

D.R.
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers to the questions we hear most.

Do you work without product context?
We start by reading the code and talking to one product owner, then we build a short brief before writing any patches.
Will you rewrite the whole codebase?
No. We refactor in small, reviewable steps so the application keeps running and the team keeps shipping.
How do you handle critical hotfixes?
We branch from production, write a focused patch with a test, and deploy through your release process with monitoring.
Can you improve our CI pipeline?
Yes. We tune builds, parallelize tests, and add static analysis so feedback arrives in minutes rather than hours.
Do you write tests as part of fixes?
Yes. Every fix ships with at least one regression test so the same bug does not return.

Stuck on a tricky bug or legacy mess?

Bring in engineers who can ship the fix and tidy the code on the way out.