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Strategic Guidance From Someone Who Still Writes Code

Architecture review, technology selection, and technical due diligence grounded in current, hands-on experience. Actionable recommendations you can implement, not slide decks that collect dust.

What We Deliver

Most technical consultants either stopped coding years ago or never built production systems at scale. The result is recommendations that sound good in theory but miss the practical realities of implementation. Creatos DaaS offers a different kind of consulting: strategic guidance delivered by someone who writes production code every day. Architecture recommendations are informed by what actually works in production today, not by what worked five years ago or what looks good in a diagram.

Architecture Review

Assessment of your current technical architecture with specific recommendations for improvement, scaling, and risk reduction. Each recommendation includes rationale, effort estimate, and priority ranking.

Technology Selection

Guidance on choosing the right frameworks, languages, cloud services, and tools for your specific use case, team capabilities, and budget. Decisions grounded in hands-on experience, not vendor marketing.

Technical Due Diligence

Assessment of a target company's technology for investment, acquisition, or partnership decisions. Evaluate code quality, architecture sustainability, technical debt, scalability potential, and team capabilities.

Technical Roadmap Development

Strategic planning that balances immediate needs with long-term scalability. Sequenced recommendations that deliver value incrementally rather than requiring a complete rebuild.

Code Quality Audit

Deep review of codebase health including architecture patterns, testing coverage, dependency management, security practices, and maintainability. Actionable improvement plans prioritized by impact.

Scaling Strategy

Planning for growth from hundreds to thousands to millions of users. Database scaling, caching strategy, CDN implementation, horizontal scaling, and performance optimization planning.

Areas of Expertise

Architecture ReviewTechnology SelectionDue DiligenceRoadmap PlanningCode AuditScaling Strategy

Have a consulting need not listed here? Our advisory expertise extends across a wide range of technical and strategic domains. Discuss your needs →

Our Approach

1

Discovery and Context

Understand the business objectives driving the technical decisions. Architecture and technology choices only make sense in the context of what the business needs to achieve.

2

Deep Technical Review

Hands-on review of code, infrastructure, architecture, and processes. Not a surface-level checklist review but a practitioner-level assessment.

3

Findings and Recommendations

A clear, prioritized report with findings, recommendations, effort estimates, and risk assessments. Each recommendation explains the "why" in both technical and business terms.

4

Implementation Path

For clients who want help implementing recommendations, consulting engagements transition naturally into development engagements. Continuity from strategy through execution.

5

Knowledge Transfer

Ensure your team understands the recommendations and the reasoning behind them. Consulting deliverables are designed to be actionable by your internal team.

What You Get

  • Architecture review reports with findings and prioritized recommendations
  • Technology selection analysis with comparison matrices and rationale
  • Due diligence reports for investment and acquisition decisions
  • Technical roadmap documents with sequenced initiatives and effort estimates
  • Code quality audit reports with improvement plans
  • Scaling strategy documents with architecture diagrams
  • Presentation-ready executive summaries for non-technical stakeholders

Timeline Expectations

Architecture review

1-2 weeks

Technology selection

1-2 weeks

Technical due diligence

1-3 weeks

Technical roadmap

2-4 weeks

Code quality audit

1-2 weeks

Ideal For

  • Startup founders who need technical direction but cannot justify a full-time CTO hire
  • VPs of Engineering evaluating whether to rewrite, refactor, or extend existing architecture
  • Investors and acquirers conducting technical due diligence on potential targets
  • Agencies seeking an independent second opinion on architecture decisions for client projects
  • Companies planning for significant growth that need their infrastructure ready

Frequently Asked Questions

The primary difference is that Creatos consulting is grounded in daily production coding experience. Recommendations come from someone who is building real systems today, not from a consultant who stopped coding years ago. This means recommendations are practical, specific, and implementable — not theoretical.
Yes, and they frequently do. Many clients start with a consulting engagement (architecture review or technology selection) and then engage Creatos to implement the recommendations. This provides continuity from strategy through execution.
All consulting engagements are covered by the Master Services Agreement which includes comprehensive confidentiality provisions. For due diligence specifically, additional NDA protections can be arranged to satisfy the requirements of all parties involved.
Yes. For clients who need periodic strategic guidance rather than continuous development capacity, an advisory retainer (a few hours per month) provides access to technical consultation on an as-needed basis.

Ready for Expert Technical Guidance?

Whether you need an architecture review, technology selection guidance, or due diligence assessment, the discovery call is where we scope the right engagement.

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