Apliko
Problem we solve
Our agency says we should rewrite from scratch — is that really needed?
Full rewrites are almost always the wrong answer.
Audit-driven, targeted refactoring delivers most of the gain at a fraction of the cost and risk.
Signs this is your problem
You will recognise yourself in at least one of these
- A vendor is pitching a full rewrite that will take 6–18 months.
- The business cannot pause feature work for that long.
- You suspect the real bottlenecks are in 10–20% of the code.
- You have heard "rewrite" before and regret it.
Why it happens
The root cause, in plain language
Rewrites are dramatic, expensive, and rarely necessary. Most performance and maintainability problems live in a small fraction of the codebase — the parts that get touched most often or carry the most load.
Our approach
How we actually fix this
- 1
Audit the codebase to find the actual hotspots — not the loudest opinions.
- 2
Refactor only what gives the highest ROI: the queries, the controllers, the modules that actually hurt.
- 3
Extract genuinely hot paths into modern microservices (e.g. Go) where it pays off.
- 4
Keep the rest of the system stable while the targeted work happens.
What you can expect
Outcomes our clients see
- Most of the gain at a fraction of the cost of a full rewrite.
- No multi-month feature freeze for the rest of the business.
- Lower risk because each step is observable and reversible.
Related solutions
People with this problem usually also have these
Our old internal system is grinding to a halt
Targeted refactoring of the controllers and queries that actually hurt — instead of a risky full rewrite.
Refactor & performanceWe need to refactor — but we cannot afford any downtime
Refactor in production safely by routing traffic piece by piece — users only notice that things got faster.
Refactor & performanceWe are running an unsupported framework and security is a real risk
Staged framework migrations with security patching and zero-downtime cutovers.
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