Finish the Half-Built

Undocumented codebase documentation

Undocumented codebase documentation means picking up work someone else put down. We read the existing code first, tell you honestly what is salvageable, and quote to finish it, not to start again unless starting again is genuinely cheaper.

How it works

  1. Describe the job. Tell us what's broken or what you need built. Screenshots and links welcome.
  2. Review the estimate. See the expected hours, scope, assumptions, exclusions, and $95 service-hour value before work starts.
  3. Delivered to the approved scope. You get the agreed deliverable and a walkthrough. Report a validated scope issue within 30 days and we correct that delivered scope without deducting more credits.

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Undocumented codebase documentation: what people ask for

Requests from the HanDI catalog that this covers, with the hours each usually takes.

  • Identify repeated support issues that should become documentation.

    The issues that keep recurring identified, so they become documentation or fixes.

    3 hours from $285

  • Take over ongoing helpdesk setup, cleanup, documentation, and automation.

    Ongoing helpdesk setup, cleanup, documentation and automation handled for you.

    12 hours from $1140

  • Map how a recurring business process currently works.

    How the process actually runs today written down, including the undocumented workarounds.

    4 hours from $380

Common questions

Undocumented codebase documentation: how much does it cost?

It is quoted as an hour estimate at $95 a service hour, and you see the number before any work starts. Jobs of this type on HanDI typically land at $285 to $1140. If the work comes in under the estimate you are not charged for hours nobody worked.

Undocumented codebase documentation: how long does it take?

3 to 12 hours of work is typical, scheduled once you approve the estimate. If the job turns out to need more than that, we stop and tell you what we found and what it adds before carrying on.

Undocumented codebase documentation: what do you need from me to start?

The existing files or repository, whatever brief or spec exists, and a plain description of what is left to do.

Undocumented codebase documentation: get an estimate

Tell us what’s wrong. We’ll reply with what it takes and an estimate before any work starts.

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