An existing internal platform was failing under load: dashboards timing out at filing peak, with gaps in the one feature that matters most for a regulated firm, the audit trail. The instinct is a full rebuild. For a firm with live deadlines, that's the wrong answer.
I diagnosed first: stabilise what works, rebuild only what can't be saved. The audit trail was re-architected as the data model itself, with transaction-level logging of who changed what, when, and the previous state. Stability in weeks, not a 6 to 12-month offline rebuild.
Outcomes delivered
50% faster load times
60% faster API responses
Full audit readiness — reconstruct any record's state, any time
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Posted Jan 7, 2025
Rescued a failing internal ops platform for a South African accounting firm, with dashboards timing out at filing peak and gaps in the audit trail.