I work with businesses of every size, from the shop round the corner to a group of companies. If you are not sure which service you need, write to me: the first answer is free.
Technical consulting
When a technical decision carries costs for years, it is worth taking it with somebody who actually builds those systems afterwards. People call me to decide whether to rebuild or repair, to work out why a piece of software no longer stands up to the load, to choose between two suppliers, or to secure something that has grown without a plan.
Not when everything is fine, and not when everything is already broken. The right moment is when a decision is in front of you and nobody in the company has what they need to take it: then half a day of analysis is worth more than six months of trial and error.
These are the three requests I receive most often. In all three cases the result is a document with the options, the costs and the risks, not an opinion delivered out loud.
A system that works badly does not always need rebuilding: sometimes it can be fixed for a fifth of the price, sometimes rebuilding is the only way and delaying costs more. You see the difference by looking at how it is made inside, not from outside.
Two quotes that look the same can hide very different choices. I read them, I ask the questions nobody got you to ask, and I tell you what you are actually buying.
Backups nobody has ever tried to restore, shared logins, one single person who knows how it all works. These are the risks you only see on the day they turn into damage.
Code, servers, database, access, backups, and above all how people use it. Half a day together, on site or on a video call.
Response times, sizes, errors in the logs, how many hours a process costs today. The numbers change the conversation: «it is slow» becomes «it is four and a half seconds, and it can be brought down to one».
Not one single solution: the real alternatives, with what they cost, how long they last and what breaks if the choice is wrong. Including the option of doing nothing, when that is the best one.
Written in plain language, usable with another supplier too. It is not a quote in disguise: if the right route does not go through me, it says so.
The conflict of interest, said up front. I build software afterwards, so my advice could be pulling water to my own mill. That is why the document always includes the routes that do not go through me, and the price of the consulting does not depend on what you decide afterwards. If I tell you «keep this as it is», I am saying it against my own interests.
The difference between consulting and a presentation is whether the person giving it can also carry it out.
Not «in my opinion»: measurements. What it costs today, what it would cost afterwards, how long before it pays back.
I have platforms in production handling orders and shifts for real companies, with 19 restaurants on one and a group of companies on another. I know where things break because they have broken on me.
The document is yours and you can take it to anybody. No exclusivity contract, no code left in my hands.
What I offer
The price is indicative. It may vary according to the specific needs of the client. If you are unsure, get in touch for a free quote.
It starts at 150 euro and depends how much there is to look at: an opinion on two quotes and the analysis of a system in production are not the same thing. I tell you the cost before starting, and the first chat to work out whether you need it at all is free.
For an opinion on a contained choice, such as two quotes to compare, a few days is enough. For the analysis of a system in production it takes one or two weeks, because it has to be looked at while it is working rather than at rest.
Yes, and often that is the best case: the document is there to get you and them talking with the same numbers in front of you. I am not coming to take anybody's place, and if your supplier is doing good work I write that down.
Then that is what it says, and it remains the most useful thing I could have told you. It has happened, and the cost of the consulting does not change: it does not depend on how much work comes out of it for me.
Yes. I am based in Abruzzo, in central Italy, and I travel from there when the distance makes sense. Further afield we work by video call, or we arrange a trip agreed beforehand.
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