Software Architecture Consulting in Indore for New Builds and Rewrites
Hexaloop offers software architecture consulting in Indore for teams starting a large build or struggling with an old system that is slow to change. We decide how the pieces, the data and the integrations fit together, draw it clearly, and leave your developers with a design they can follow.
- 10+ Years Building Software
- Diagrams and a written reason for each decision
- Plans for new builds and for ageing systems
- A build order your developers can follow
Software Architecture for Indore Teams Building or Rebuilding a System
Architecture is the set of decisions that are hard to change later: how the application is split into parts, where the data lives and who may write to it, how it talks to your accounting package or payment gateway, and what happens when one piece fails. Teams that skip this step usually discover it at the worst moment, when a second branch, a mobile app or a few thousand more users arrive.
We work in two situations. For a new system we sketch the design before the first sprint, so developers start from agreed boundaries. For an old one, often a single application that everyone is afraid to touch, we read the code and the database, find where the pain comes from and plan the smallest sequence of changes that makes it safer to work on. We rarely recommend a full rewrite, and we say why when we do.
You receive diagrams, a short written rationale for each major decision, and a build order. A developer who joins your team in a year should be able to open the document and understand why the system looks the way it does.
Who Needs Software Architecture Consulting?
A company about to commission a large custom system that wants the design checked before the first line of code is paid for.
A team whose single application has grown for years and now breaks in one place whenever someone fixes another.
A business planning a mobile app, a customer portal and a dealer login on top of a system built only for the office.
A product company whose first version worked for a few hundred users and is now slow with a few thousand.
A technical lead who wants an outside review of the design before presenting it to the owner or a client.
Problems Software Architecture Consulting Solves
One change in the billing module breaks the stock reports, because all the code shares one tangled database.
Developers each build in a different way, so every new feature takes longer than the last.
The app crawls at month end, and nobody knows whether the cause is the code, the database or the server.
An integration with the accounting package was bolted on and fails whenever the other side changes.
Nobody who built the system is still around, and the only documentation is the code itself.
What's Included
System context diagram — one page showing the application, its users and every outside system it touches.
Module and data boundaries — where the application splits into parts, which part owns which data, and who may change it.
Integration design — how the system exchanges data with Tally, payment gateways, GST portals and partner systems, and what happens when a link fails.
Architecture decision records — a short note for each big decision, with the options weighed and the reason for the choice.
Code and database review — for an existing system, a reading of the code, queries and schema to locate where the pain really is.
Modernisation sequence — small, safe steps that untangle an old system without stopping the business.
Load and failure notes — what the design can carry, where it will bend first and how it should behave when a part is down.
What You Gain
New developers understand the system from a document instead of a week of guessing.
Features are added without every change risking something unrelated.
The cost of a rewrite is weighed against a staged fix before any money is committed.
Mobile apps, portals and partner links can be added later without rebuilding the core.
Outside developers can quote against the same drawings, so their numbers can be compared.
Tools & Technologies We Use
- C4 model diagrams
- UML
- OpenAPI
- REST APIs
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- RabbitMQ
- Docker
- Git
- AWS
How We Work
Gather the requirements and the scars
We read what the system is meant to do and listen to the history of what has gone wrong with it, because past failures show where the design must be strongest.
Trace the data from entry to report
We follow one piece of data, such as an invoice, from the screen where it is entered through the database to the report where it ends up, and note every copy and every hand-off on the way.
Draw the boundaries between parts
The system is divided into parts, each with its own data and one clear job, and we draw how they talk to each other and to outside systems.
Stress the design with its hardest month
We test the drawing against the worst case in your calendar, such as month end, a festival sale or a new branch coming online, and adjust where it bends.
Order the changes by risk
Work is sequenced so the riskiest or most valuable part is built first, and an old system keeps running while pieces are replaced one at a time.
Hand over the drawings and the reasons
You get the diagrams and a short note for each major decision, and we stay available to answer your developers' questions while they build from them.
Why Choose Hexaloop for Software Architecture Consulting
Architects who still write code
The people who draw your design also build software, so the drawing reflects what is practical to build, test and run, not what looks tidy on a slide.
Every decision comes with its reason
Each major choice is recorded with the options we weighed, so that a new developer, or you in two years, can see why the system is shaped as it is.
Straight answers about rewrites
A rewrite is the most expensive option and not always the right one. We tell you what a staged clean-up would achieve before we recommend starting again.
Sized for a business in Indore, not for a bank
The designs assume a small team, a modest hosting bill and little time for upkeep, so they stay simple enough for a growing business in Indore to run.
Frequently Asked Questions
What decides the cost of a software architecture review?
Mostly the size of the system and the state it is in. A design for a new application takes the time needed to understand the business and draw the boundaries. A review of an old application also means reading the code and the database, which takes longer when nothing is documented. We quote after a short look at a sample of the work.
How long does it take to plan the architecture of a new business application?
From a couple of weeks for a modest system to longer for one with many integrations and types of user. The calendar is set mostly by how quickly your people can answer questions about how the business works. We agree a timetable after the first call and do not name a date before then.
Does our business application need microservices?
Usually not at the start. A single, well-organised application with clear internal boundaries is easier to build, host and debug, and it can be split later if one part needs to grow on its own. We recommend splitting only for a reason we can name, such as a team boundary or a load pattern.
Can you review an application someone else built and tell us whether to rewrite it?
Yes. We read the code, the database and the deployment, and talk to the people who maintain it. The answer is often a staged clean-up of the worst parts, not a rewrite. When a rewrite is justified we say so and lay out how the old system keeps running while the new one is built.
Can a developer outside Hexaloop build from your architecture documents?
That is the test we write for. The diagrams, data ownership notes and decision records are meant for any competent developer, including your in-house team or another agency. If a document only makes sense with us in the room, we have not finished it.
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Show Us the System or the Plan for It
Bring a description of the application you want built or the one you are living with: how it is used, who maintains it and where it hurts. A database diagram or a code sample helps, but a conversation will do for a start. We are based in Indore.