The site is working, but nobody trusts it.
Start with logs, hosting, dependencies, CMS state, code search, AI-assisted review with Codex and Claude, and the business workflow before changing visible surfaces.
Webital - Hamburg
Keep the site earning while the fragile parts get repaired.
Webital is the senior person you call when a valuable PHP, CMS, or WordPress system has become hard to change, hard to trust, or hard to hand over.
Better first question
Lead with the situation the client recognises.
Most useful work starts with a specific pressure: a site that works but feels risky, an inherited system nobody understands, or old business logic that still earns money.
The developer left and the knowledge left with them.
Recover the shape of the system, document the sharp edges, and create a practical maintenance path.
The old system still earns money.
Protect working business logic while modernising the parts that cause outages, security risk, or slow delivery.
Operating rhythm
Make the process feel steady, not theatrical.
Keith reads the system, ranks the risk, uses Codex and Claude where they help with codebase analysis or migration notes, repairs what matters, and leaves it easier to own.
- Read Map the hosting, codebase, database, dependencies, and business flow.
- Rank Separate urgent risk from cosmetic noise and choose the smallest useful intervention.
- Repair Ship controlled changes with rollback thinking, clear notes, and production checks.
- Steady Leave the site easier to maintain than it was found.
Evidence, not decoration
Use screenshots as proof of range.
E-commerce rebuild support
Bartels Intralogistics
OXID eShop development, responsive frontend work, jQuery, Sass, and custom modules.
Internal reporting workflow
Gamigo
Internal reporting workflow for financial account data, generated as scheduled daily reports.
Insurance enquiry system
KAB Versicherungsmakler
PHP and MySQL quote workflow integrating unique TAN handling for insurance enquiries.
How to start
Less portfolio polish. More calm triage.
Send the current URL, what feels risky, and how urgent it is. The first useful step is usually a careful look, not a dramatic rebuild.
Email Keith