Redfield Diagnostics

Software built, rescued and diagnosed.

Redfield Diagnostics builds, repairs and explains software for people dealing with difficult code, fragile systems and practical technical problems.

Use Redfield when you need software built, code repaired, or an old system understood before a costly change.

Pricing

Clear entry points for build, rescue and diagnostic work.

Prices depend on scope, access, code size, risk and how much written explanation is needed. Final scope is agreed before work begins.

Build

Project Scoping Call£175
Fixed-Scope Build or Fixfrom £250
Bespoke Developmentscoped quote
Day Rate£450-£600/day

Rescue

Stuck Code Sessionfrom £95 / 75 minutes
Codebase Triage Call£175
Fixed-Scope Code Fixfrom £250
AI Code Reviewfrom £175

Diagnose

Technical Risk Notefrom £350
Inherited Codebase Diagnosticfrom £950
Legacy Software Diagnosticfrom £1,950
Decision Reviewscoped quote
Code coaching for individuals and learners starts from £45 / 60 minutes. Business work is scoped separately based on risk, access and delivery requirements.

Why diagnostics matters

Good software work starts with understanding the system.

Redfield Diagnostics is founded by Dan Redfield, whose work includes leading development of a worldwide intranet platform for one of the world’s largest optical retail groups, commercially porting POSTAL to the SEGA Dreamcast, raw ASM reverse engineering, low-level debugging and technical archaeology.

That background matters whether the job is to build, rescue or diagnose. Good development often means understanding existing code, constraints, performance, risk, deployment and future maintenance before writing the next line.

Typical problems

  • You need a practical tool, utility, prototype or integration built.
  • The code works until it suddenly does not.
  • The developer who understood it has gone.
  • AI generated code that looks plausible but needs checking.
  • You need technical judgement before spending money.

Next step

Start with the problem.

Describe what you need built, fixed, understood or decided. Redfield will reply with the most sensible next step.

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