Services

Architecture audit

Reliability and infrastructure cost

This service is for teams that need to scale without sacrificing reliability, delivery speed, or infrastructure efficiency. I focus on real bottlenecks and practical improvement plans, not full rewrites for their own sake.

Primary outcome

A more reliable platform.

Additional outcomes

Lower infrastructure cost.
A clearer modernization plan without unnecessary replatforming.

When this is especially useful

The platform is getting more expensive without becoming better.
There are ongoing issues with stability, observability, or incident response.
The architecture slows down product delivery.
You need a modernization plan without chaotic replatforming.

What you get

A clear picture of bottlenecks and technical risks.
A prioritized plan to improve reliability and observability.
Concrete options to reduce infrastructure cost and simplify the platform.

What this usually includes

I review bottlenecks, technical risks, and platform constraints.

I help improve reliability, observability, and readiness for scale.

I identify opportunities to reduce infrastructure and tooling cost.

Where needed, I propose open-source or Russian alternatives to external services.

You can quickly check which engagement format fits best

Send a short brief of the situation and I’ll tell you whether this calls for a Fractional CTO engagement, an audit, a workshop, or more focused support.

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2026-04-123 min read

How to reduce infrastructure cost without sacrificing reliability

Infrastructure cost reduction works best when it targets expensive complexity, not just expensive invoices. The real goal is to remove cost that no longer adds reliability, not to save money by creating the next incident.

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2026-03-293 min read

How to recognize when architecture is slowing product growth

Architecture starts slowing growth long before a dramatic outage. The earliest signals usually appear in delivery speed, incident response, cost of change, and a growing list of decisions the team keeps postponing.

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About me

Michael Ledin

A CTO with 16+ years of experience. I help product companies where they need technical strategy, architecture, team leadership, and practical AI adoption.

Fractional CTO / AI and architecture consultant

Fractional CTO and technical leadership.
AI transformation across product, support, and engineering.
Architecture modernization, reliability, and observability.
Infrastructure cost optimization.