Several versions behind
Stuck on an old release, so security patches have stopped and every dependency upgrade now conflicts.
[ Development / Angular Development ]
Angular apps that survive their own upgrade path.
Angular is built for large teams and long-lived applications, and it punishes neglect harder than most frameworks. Skipped versions and tangled reactive code are the two things that turn a solid app into one nobody wants to touch.
Free assessment · Incremental upgrades · Fixed scope
Freeupgrade assessment
Incrementalnever a big-bang rewrite
Testsas the safety net
Works withyour existing team
[ Symptoms ]
Where Angular projects get stuck.
Usually the result of a team shipping features hard for two years without a maintenance budget.
Subscriptions everywhere
Manual subscriptions never unsubscribed, causing memory leaks and updates firing long after a component is gone.
Change detection thrash
The whole tree checked on every event, so the interface lags on anything but a fast machine.
One enormous module
Everything declared in a single module, so the initial bundle contains the entire application.
Untestable services
Dependencies constructed inline instead of injected, so nothing can be tested in isolation.
Mixed patterns
Three generations of Angular style in one codebase, so new developers cannot tell which is current.
[ How it works ]
Assess, modernize, hand back.
01 — Week 1
Assess
Version gap, dependency conflicts, module structure, reactive patterns and test coverage. You get an upgrade path with the risk and effort at each step.
02 — Week 2+
Modernize
Upgraded one version at a time with tests in between, standalone components and lazy routes introduced where they earn their keep.
03 — Handover
Document
Conventions written down and walked through with your team so the codebase does not drift back within two quarters.
[ What actually changes ]
What gets addressed.
Upgrades come first, because everything else is harder to justify on a version that no longer receives security patches.
Modernization
- Version upgrades — one major at a time, with the official migration tooling and tests as the net.
- Standalone components — adopted incrementally to cut module boilerplate.
- Lazy-loaded routes — so the first load ships only what the landing route needs.
- RxJS cleanup — declarative streams and automatic unsubscription instead of manual bookkeeping.
- Dependency updates — including the third-party libraries that block the framework upgrade.
Quality
- Change detection strategy — OnPush where it applies, with the interface profiled rather than guessed at.
- Typed forms and models — so shape errors surface at compile time.
- Testing — unit and component tests around the behavior that matters commercially.
- Bundle analysis — per route, with heavy dependencies isolated or replaced.
- Accessibility — keyboard navigation and screen reader semantics on custom components.
[ Example engagement ]
Four versions behind, caught up in six weeks.
An internal enterprise application stuck on an unsupported Angular release with a single monolithic module. Upgraded incrementally with characterization tests written first.
Illustrative example of a typical engagement. Figures vary with the state of your systems and are not a guarantee of a specific outcome.
4major versions caught up
57%smaller initial bundle
0feature regressions
6 wkswith no feature freeze
[ Free · no obligation ]
Find out how far behind you are.
I assess your version gap, dependency conflicts and structure, then send back a realistic upgrade path with effort and risk at each step.
[ Pricing ]
Pricing that fits your budget.
Tell me the number you have to work with. I'll tell you honestly what's achievable within it — and if it isn't enough, I'll say so before we start rather than halfway through.
Fixed project price
Scope agreed in writing, price agreed in writing, before any work starts. No hourly creep and no invoice you haven't already approved.
Monthly retainer
For ongoing work — maintenance, monitoring, updates and small changes. Month to month, cancel whenever, no minimum term.
Hourly for small jobs
For a single bug or a short task where writing a full scope would cost more than simply doing the work.
Budget too tight for the whole thing? I'll often suggest doing the highest-value part first and the rest later, rather than doing all of it badly.
[ Questions ]
Common questions.
Can we upgrade without freezing feature work?
Usually yes. Upgrades go one major version at a time on short-lived branches, so your team keeps shipping. That is slower than a freeze but far less disruptive to the business.
Should we migrate to React instead?
Rarely worth it for a working Angular application. A rewrite costs months and buys you no features. Modernizing what you have is almost always the better return, and I will tell you if yours is the exception.
Do you work with AngularJS?
The legacy version is long past end of life. I can help plan a migration to modern Angular or another framework, but I would not recommend investing further in AngularJS itself.
Can you work alongside our team?
Yes, and that is usually the best arrangement — your developers know the domain, I bring the upgrade and architecture experience, and the knowledge stays with you.
What about Angular Universal?
Server-side rendering is worth it when you need SEO or fast first paint on public pages. For an internal application behind a login, it usually adds complexity for no benefit.
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Related development work.
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[ Let's talk ]
Tell me what you're building.
Describe it in a few lines and you'll get a straight answer on scope, cost and timeline — same working day, from the person who'd actually build it.