Bounded extraction
Cut along business capability so each service can ship and fail independently with a clear owner.
Modernisation & rescue
Break monoliths into well-bounded services, or stabilise the platform you already run, without a rewrite that freezes the business for years.
Founder-led. Fixed scope. Ownership left with your team.
The Problem We Solve
Modernisation often confuses a new stack with a better system: dual-running complexity, seams that never form, and a second codebase as hard to change as the first. Rescue means the smallest safe slice that unlocks delivery, then repeat with tests and boundaries that make the next step cheaper.
Who This Is For
- Teams trapped in a monolith where every change risks unrelated paths.
- Leaders facing a failed or half-finished rewrite that still owns critical revenue paths.
- Product companies that need incremental extraction, not a big-bang weekend cutover.
What We Deliver
The smallest safe slice that unlocks delivery, not a rewrite theatre plan.
Stabilise-in-place
When extraction is premature, harden the current platform so it is safe to change first.
Strangler and coexistence
Route traffic and data so old and new run together without silent inconsistency.
Debt triage
Prioritise debt that blocks throughput and production risk, not cosmetic rewrites of every module.
How We Work
Assessment first, then execution on the highest-impact boundary. Week one: map seams, coupling, and risk: what is safe to extract, what must harden in place, what dual-running would cost. Then implement in the codebase and routing layer with your team.
What You Leave With
- A sequenced modernisation plan tied to business risk and throughput.
- Services or stabilised modules teams can own and release with confidence.
- A smaller blast radius for the next change, with explicit coexistence rules where dual paths remain.
Discuss your modernisation
Describe the system, what is breaking, and what must stay live. We reply with a plain engineering read. Free, no obligation.
Or email info@mayordomo.co.uk with a short outline.