PHP code refactoring services for growing web applications

Time & budget constraints in the MVP phase often mean compromises in the quality of the development. As user base grows - performance often drops to disappointing levels. Our process starts with auditing (profiling) the PHP code performance and identifying bottlenecks, also on production servers. Usually within just days we can offer quick fixes that significantly improve the performance via code refactoring. In the long run we stabilize the performance on a high level via proper web application architecture.

In the post-MVP phase companies often want to scale the software and go global, but the technology behind the product is not ready. The solution is to reject expensive vertical scalability and promote horizontal scalability. This is done via code refactoring, re-architecting and infrastracture changes towards fully scalable aplication. With most businesses experiencing peak traffic and relatively calm periods, sensible management of resources is crucial for profitability of the operation.

Old, legacy code, technical debt and outdated tech stack is difficult to expand, and extra effort involved becomes an interest the company has to pay. Technology locking is also a problem. We handle this by paying off the tech debt step by step via legacy refactoring and delivering new features in parallel, we maintain business viability and satisfaction of the engineering team. The seniority and experience of our teams enhanced with automation increases the efficiency of the process.

Your competition added new features and it would take months to catch up? That’s a pain for many scaling SaaS companies. This is usually a result of many shortcuts taken in the early stages of development. These shortcuts increased the initial pace of development but cause roadblocks later on. Via a good PHP refactoring process these roadblocks can be removed to restore a good pace and speed up the time to market.

Many applications are vulnerable to security breaches. They include identity thefts, personal data leakages through SQL injections, problems with authorizations, among others. In the early stages of cooperation, we pay special attention to protecting applications against threats. We use penetration tests, web application firewalls (WAF), static code analysis, live code monitoring, etc.

User experience and customer satisfaction sometimes lag behind the overall functionality of the SaaS product. This is due to a lack of focus on user journeys, user flows and the design of the app. A mature development team thinks both of the client and the end user. With small tweaks in UX, focusing on the features that really matter and continuous A/B testing we can achieve significant improvement.

Our clients’ applications are reliable thanks to our policies of peer code review and additional quality assurance. By automated testing, bug reporting and application health monitoring we minimize the risk of products behaving in unexpected ways. We also think of ourselves as reliable as technological partners. We prefer to underpromise and overdeliver.

Overengineering an app means the architecture is too complex and technology too sophisticated for the purposes of the web application. Underengineering, on the other hand, leads to the technology being too basic for the sophistication of the product. We achieve maintainability by building features with just enough complexity to meet the needs of users and leaving room for further expansion. We also automate tasks, track technical debt, choose widely adopted open source solutions and monitor bugs both in static code and live environment.