Codex blueprints
A blueprint records how a system is built so that someone else can rebuild it. We hold more than 120 of them from our own platform and write yours the same way.
What a blueprint contains
- What the system is for and what it depends on
- The components and how they connect
- The exact steps and parameters to rebuild it
- What existing building blocks it reuses
- How to verify the rebuild worked
- Blueprints for the systems in your scope
- A shared format your team can extend
- A review of the blueprints against the live system
Billed at $150.00 per hour. Ask Keith for an estimate.
What we check first.
Rebuildable is the test
If a new engineer cannot rebuild the system from the document, the document is not finished.
Written from the real system
We write blueprints from what is deployed, not from what was intended.
Kept with the code
Blueprints live in source control next to the configuration they describe.
Four steps, written down.
A call with Keith
You describe the goal, the estate and the deadline. Keith turns it into a written scope with an hour estimate at the hourly rate.
A written design by Gus
Gus reviews the environment and gives you a written design with each decision and its reason.
Hands-on implementation
Gus implements in your tenant and your racks, remotely or on site, with every change logged as it is made.
Documents and a named contact
You receive the as-built record and the runbooks. Keith stays on as your account and project manager.
Asked before every engagement.
Do we get your existing blueprints?
You get blueprints written or adapted for your environment. Our library is the starting material and the format.
Who keeps them current?
Your team, with a simple rule: a change to the system includes a change to its blueprint. We can help by the hour.
What does the consulting cost?
Consulting is billed at $150.00 per hour. Keith sends a written hour estimate after the scoping call, and work starts when you approve it.
Often scoped together.
One rate. Two people.
Consulting is billed at $150.00 per hour. Keith runs sales, project management and your account. Gus does the architecture, the design and the implementation.
per consulting hour, for every consulting service