Codebase review
Architecture, code quality, and structural risk, explained in terms of what it means for your business rather than a wall of jargon.
Know what you're standing on before it matters
Software, Security & Hosting Audits
If your business runs on software, whether you bought it, inherited it, or had it built, you deserve to know what shape it's in. An audit is a straight answer: what's solid, what's risky, and what to fix first.
Good fit
Who this is for
- Your business depends on an application and you're not sure how sturdy it really is
- A launch, a sale, or a growth push is coming and the software has to hold
- A developer built something for you and you'd like a second set of eyes on it
In practice
Common ways the work shows up
Security and hosting review
How the application and the site are exposed, how they're hosted, and where the real risks are. Review only: nothing invasive, nothing touched without permission.
Integration check
The connections your software depends on, like payments, accounting, and CRMs, reviewed for what happens when they fail and whether anyone would notice.
What changes
- A written report listing every issue found, rated by severity
- Fixes in priority order, so you know what matters first
- A working session to walk through the findings in plain language
- Independence: we audit it whether or not we built it, and the findings are yours
How the work moves
Access
You grant read access to the code and hosting. We put confidentiality in writing first.
Review
A senior engineer reads the code, the infrastructure, and the integrations end to end.
Report
You get written findings with severity ratings and a prioritized fix list.
Walk-through
We go through it together, so you leave knowing exactly where you stand.
Northwest Arkansas and beyond
Local access, production-scale discipline
Carle Systems is based in Bentonville and works directly with businesses in Bentonville, Rogers, Fayetteville, and across Northwest Arkansas. Remote engagements are available when the workflow and operating team do not depend on location.
Every engagement is handled directly by Hunter Carle. There is no account-manager handoff between the person defining the constraint and the person responsible for the implementation.
Questions before starting
Will this disrupt our live application?
No. The review is read-only. We look at code, configuration, and how the live site behaves. We don't change anything or run anything intrusive.
What if the audit finds serious problems?
Then you'll know about them while they're still cheap to fix, with a clear order to fix them in. Implementing fixes is scoped separately, by us or by whoever you choose.
Do you audit software you didn't build?
That's the most common case. Most audits are a second opinion on work someone else delivered, and the report tells you the truth either way.
Related guidance
Make the next decision with context
Start with the constraint, not the software.
Tell Hunter what is slowing the business down. You will get a direct answer about the smallest sensible next step.
Talk through the workflow →