flagship engagement
Production Review
Your AWS architecture, cost model, failure modes, and GenAI readiness: reviewed line by line. A written report, a prioritized fix list, and a 90-minute walkthrough.
From $2,000
Report in 10 business days
Your system works. Users are on it. But the AWS bill stopped making sense, deploys feel riskier every sprint, and the GenAI feature that demoed beautifully is one retry loop away from a very bad night.
You do not need a rebuild, and you do not need an agency bench. You need a senior operator to walk the architecture with fresh eyes and tell you (specifically, in priority order) what will break, what it costs you, and what to fix first.
That is what this review is.
This is for you if
- You run production workloads on AWS (or are weeks from launch) and something already hurts: cost, reliability, latency, or deploy risk.
- You have a GenAI/RAG feature approaching real users and nobody has pressure-tested retrieval quality, guardrails, or cost ceilings.
- You want findings your own team can execute: a roadmap, not a dependency.
- A CTO, founder, or platform lead can give me architecture docs and billing access for the review window.
Not a fit if
- You want a free audit to shop around. The review is paid because the findings are the product.
- You need staff augmentation or a body on a sprint team. That is a different engagement (Implementation Sprint), and it comes after a review, not instead of one.
- There is no system yet. If you are pre-architecture, book the free fit call instead and save the fee.
Exactly what you get
- Written findings across architecture risk, cost leaks, failure modes, and GenAI/RAG readiness: each with severity, effort estimate, and a recommended fix
- A prioritized fix list ordered by blast-radius-per-effort, ready to hand to your team
- A focused AWS Cost & Reliability Audit when the bill is the symptom
- A 90-minute walkthrough call, recorded, with your engineers in the room
- Two weeks of async follow-up questions after delivery
- Everything written to be actionable without hiring me again
How it works
- 01
Book & brief (30 min)
You share architecture docs, the AWS bill, and read-only access where useful. We agree the scope in writing.
- 02
I dig (days 1 to 8)
Architecture, cost model, failure modes, GenAI readiness. I trace what actually happens under load, partial failure, and retry storms, not what the diagram says.
- 03
You get the report (day 10)
Written findings, prioritized fixes, and a 90-minute walkthrough. Most clients recover the fee within the first month of fixes.
IST base · daily US-morning and EU-afternoon overlap · async-first
5M+ orders/mo
Operated the event-driven platform behind KFC Thailand's ordering at 99.99% uptime and sub-200ms latency. I review systems I have run, not systems I have read about.
9+ years
Production AWS and GenAI delivery across enterprise, SaaS, and consulting. AWS Professional certified, 4x AWS Community Builder.
Common questions
What exactly do I get from a Production Review?
A written report covering architecture risks, cost leaks, failure modes, and GenAI/RAG readiness (each finding with severity, effort estimate, and a recommended fix) plus a 90-minute walkthrough call and two weeks of async follow-up questions.
We're bleeding money right now. Can you move faster?
Yes. There's an expedited triage option (72-hour turnaround on the top-5 cost leaks) at a premium. Mention it when booking.
Do you implement the fixes, or just report?
Report first: it keeps my incentives honest. Implementation support and fractional-architect retainers are available afterward, and most clients use their own team with my report as the roadmap.
Production Review
From $2,000
Report in 10 business days