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Why You Need an Independent Code Audit (Before It's Too Late)

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This makes the core case behind our answer: the people who built a system are the worst people to judge it, so you need someone with no stake in the outcome. It names inheriting a codebase as one of the exact moments an outside review pays for itself, and warns you off auditors who use the audit as a sales funnel for the fix. Read it to sharpen who you ask and what independence actually means.

  • The builder is blind to their own shortcuts
  • Inherited code is a prime moment for an outside look
  • Pick a reviewer with no stake in selling you the repair
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The question it answers

  1. How do I evaluate the code quality of a build I inherited from an agency?

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