My developer has disappeared. What do I do first?
Secure access before anything else: the domain registrar, the hosting account, the repository and the database. Ownership of those four is what decides how much leverage you have. If any of them are in someone else's name, that is the first thing to fix, and I will help you do it whether or not you go on to hire me.
I have inherited a codebase and nobody knows how it works. Can you assess it?
Yes, that is the most common reason people book this. You get a written map of what the software does, which parts are load-bearing, what is dangerous, and what it would cost to keep it running versus replace it.
How do I know if my app is safe to launch?
The recurring failures are consistent enough to check quickly: secrets shipped in client-side code, database tables with no row level security, authentication checked only in the interface rather than on the server, no backups, no error tracking, and user input passed straight into queries. Any one of those is a launch blocker, and none of them are visible from the outside.
My WordPress site has been hacked. Is that this service?
Partly. I will find how they got in, which is almost always an outdated plugin, a weak admin password or a shared host, and tell you what it takes to clean and harden it. If the site has been compromised repeatedly, the honest answer is usually to rebuild on something with a smaller attack surface.
Will you just tell me to rebuild it with you?
No. Plenty of reviews end with it is fixable, here is how. If a rebuild genuinely is the cheaper path I will show you the arithmetic, and you are free to take that plan to anyone.
Can you review a quote or a proposal rather than code?
Yes. Send me the quote and what it is meant to deliver. I will tell you whether the scope matches the price, what is missing, and what the proposed stack will cost you every month after the build is paid for.
Do you do due diligence for an acquisition?
Yes. Buying a business with software in it means buying its technical debt, its hosting bills and its security exposure. A review before you sign is considerably cheaper than finding out afterwards.
What do you need from me?
Repository access and half an hour of context. If it turns out you do not own your own code, which happens more than you would think, we sort that first.