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SWD-Forge
Legacy systems & Engineering Excellence

Restore value from legacy systems

We help enterprise companies unlock value from stagnant or legacy systems by maintaining, modernizing, and improving them — turning technical debt into a strategic advantage.

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Consistently making the right decisions for the business and ensuring long-term quality.

Services

Legacy Systems

Audit, evolutionary refactoring, stabilization, and modernization to convert technical debt into measurable business value.

AQA / Test Automation

Design and run automated testing frameworks, CI quality gates, and regression strategies for predictable releases.

Architecture & DevOps

Architecture reviews, observability, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices to ensure scalable and reliable delivery.

How we work

1 • Discover

Short discovery to map systems, processes, risk areas and business impact. Deliverable: Discovery Report & proposal.

2 • Stabilize

Triage highest-risk areas: tests, monitoring, quick fixes to stop bleeding. Deliverable: Stabilization sprint.

3 • Modernize

Roadmap for refactor, architecture improvements, and automation. Deliverable: Incremental modernization plan + execution.

Engagement models

  • Short discovery (2–4 weeks)
  • Stabilization sprint (4–8 weeks)
  • Long-term engagement (retainer or phased projects)

What we measure

  • Mean time to recover (MTTR)
  • Release success rate
  • Test coverage for critical paths
  • Tech debt reduction index (custom metric)

Case studies

Case study — Enterprise Payments Platform

Problem: Legacy monolith with flaky releases and 3x incident rate. Approach: 2-week discovery, stabilization sprint (test harness + monitoring), then phased refactor of critical modules.

  • Result: incidents reduced by 70% in 3 months.
  • Result: release cadence improved from monthly to bi-weekly.
  • Deliverables: test automation suite, CI quality gates, monitoring dashboards.

Case study — B2B SaaS legacy migration

Problem: Old codebase blocked feature delivery and onboarding. Approach: Audit + prioritized refactor, architecture alignment, DevOps pipeline build.

  • Result: feature lead time reduced by 40%.
  • Result: onboarding time for new engineers dropped by 60%.
  • Deliverables: modularization plan, CI/CD, automated regression suite.

Case study — Financial data processing stabilization

Problem: Intermittent processing failures caused SLA breaches. Approach: root-cause analysis, added observability, and targeted refactor of the pipeline.

  • Result: SLA compliance restored to 99.9%.
  • Result: data loss events eliminated.
  • Deliverables: monitoring, backfill strategy, regression tests.

Why Us?

Legacy Expertise

We specialize in stabilizing and modernizing legacy systems.

Technical Leadership

AQA, Architecture & DevOps expertise ensures reliable delivery.

Long-Term Value

Transform technical debt into a strategic advantage.

Testimonials

“SWD-Forge modernized our legacy platform and made releases reliable. Their focus on tests and DevOps changed our delivery confidence.”

— CTO, Enterprise Payments

“Professional, pragmatic, and technical — they delivered measurable improvements fast.”

— Engineering Manager, B2B SaaS

Contact

Interested in stabilizing or modernizing legacy systems? Let’s talk.

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Location: Remote / EU-friendly
Cooperation model: Project-based & retainer