Everything takes longer.Nobody knows why.
You need software that keeps up with the business. When everything takes longer than it should and nobody can say why, the answer is usually in the code. Experienced engineers go through it and tell you the truth: what's solid, what's at risk and what to fix first.
- 100+
- products shipped
- 3 in 100
- applicants make the team
- 3×
- voted SA’s best software development company (MyBroadband, 2024–2026)
- Lesaka
- Tiger Wheel & Tyre
- Romans Pizza
- City Lodge
- Absa
- Old Mutual
- DP World
- Peermont
- Hyundai
- Nestlé
Everything takes longer. Nobody can tell you why.
The team is busy, the budget is spent, and still the new work waits. Everyone has a theory: the people, the tools, the last provider. Nobody has the facts. Find them, and your team can get back to new work.
“Every simple change turns into a week.”
“We keep paying for the same problems.”
“The bugs we fixed last month are back.”
“The roadmap is full of ideas we never get to.”
And when a big call is coming:
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You're about to invest more. Make sure the foundation can carry the next phase before you fund it.
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Someone else built it. Find out what you've inherited before anyone changes it.
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Someone says it needs a rebuild. Get an independent view before you commit to starting over.
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You built it fast with AI, and now real users rely on it. Check it's secure and can grow before they find the gaps.
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You're getting ready to raise money or sell. Make sure your software adds to the value of your business, not a risk to it.
Ten places the "why" usually hides.
We review everything that decides whether your software is safe, whether it can grow and whether anyone can keep changing it, from the code itself to how it's built, released and monitored.
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Security. Access, data protection, secrets and the doors left open.
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Maintainability. Can a new developer change it safely?
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Scalability. Will it hold at your next thousand customers?
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Data integrity. Records, audit trails and backups you can trust.
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Testing and releases. How safely a change reaches your users.
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Errors and monitoring. Whether failures are seen, or swallowed.
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Outdated technology. Frameworks past end of life, with known weaknesses.
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Architecture and integrations. Whether the parts fit, and how fragile the links are.
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Ownership. Which accounts, servers and keys you control, and which you don't.
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Built vs promised. Every requirement marked built, partly built or not built.
A report you can act on, and show your board.
Written for the people who make the call, with the detail your developers need.
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A plain-language summary. The overall picture on one page, for leadership.
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What your software does well. Every report starts here, so the picture is fair.
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Every finding, explained. Where it is, why it matters to your business and how to fix it, rated critical, warning or info.
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How it fits together. Your system drawn as diagrams, so everyone sees the same picture.
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Your priorities, in order. The biggest risks first, the quick wins clearly marked.
Sometimes the honest answer is "it's in good shape". We'll tell you that too.
AI reads every line. Engineers confirm every finding.
We lead with AI to get through a whole codebase fast. Then experienced engineers confirm every finding in the code before it goes in the report. That's how we find the why, not just the symptoms.
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AI does the groundwork. Our tools scan every file for security risks, weak spots and outdated technology, and map what's built against what was promised.
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Engineers confirm every finding. An experienced engineer checks each one in the code, rates it, and writes the impact and the fix in plain language.
Your code is handled under NDA, and it's never used to train AI models.
Audits that changed decisions.
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Tiger Wheel & Tyre. Three experienced engineers audited the member app and both back-end services in 2 weeks, and recommended against the textbook rebuild. The app launched four months later and stayed live while we strengthened it.
See the Tiger Wheel & Tyre story → - 02
InsideData. An independent audit ranked every problem area by severity and came with a working sample of the fixes. It gave leadership the evidence to decide on a rebuild.
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Loadpad. An audit of an inherited platform led to a focused clean-up, then a partnership of more than 3 years.
Your report. Your choice.
An audit isn't a sales pitch. Act on it with your own team, with us, or with someone else.
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Fix it yourselves. Your developers work from the report, and we walk them through every finding.
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Have us fix it. We take it over and fix it while your system stays live.
See how a rescue runs → - 03
Bring in extra hands. A pod works alongside your developers on the fixes.
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Who is Codehesion?
Codehesion is a software development company of 65+ engineers, designers and analysts, founded in 2017 and based in Centurion, Gauteng. We build, rescue and modernise software for companies like Lesaka, Tiger Wheel & Tyre, Romans Pizza and City Lodge. MyBroadband readers have voted us South Africa's best software development company three years running.
Not quite your situation?
What people ask us first.
How long does it take?
A rapid assessment takes about 10 working days from the day we receive access to your code. A full audit depends on the size of your system; we'll give you a firm timeline up front.
What do you need from us?
Read-only access to your code and, if you have them, your requirements and any documentation. A short call with whoever knows the system best helps too.
Will you change our code?
No. An audit only reads your code. Nothing changes unless you ask us to fix it afterwards.
Is our code safe with you?
We work under NDA, and your code is never used to train AI models. Access is limited to the engineers on your audit.
What if the code is in good shape?
Then we'll say so, and tell you what's working well. That's worth knowing before you invest more.
Can our developers be part of the fix?
Yes. We work alongside them, and every finding comes with the fix in plain language, so your team understands what changed and why.
We built it with AI tools. Can you audit that?
Yes. AI-built code often works in a demo and fails under real users. We check security, structure and whether it can grow.
Does an audit commit us to anything?
No. The report ranks every issue by severity, so you can decide what needs addressing first and what can wait. You own the report.
What does it cost?
It depends on the size of your system and the depth you need. We'll give you a clear price in the first conversation.
The debt you've been paying over and over gets a name, a place and a fix. Your team works on new things instead of the same bugs. And your next big call is made on evidence.
Now you'll know why. Let's talk.
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