Code Review · Reading
Code Review in Reading
An independent read of a codebase, for Reading businesses who want to know what they actually own. Commissioned before paying a final invoice, before acquiring a company, or when a project keeps slipping and the explanations have stopped being convincing.
Why this comes up
The problem
Software quality is invisible to the people paying for it. A system can demo perfectly and still be untestable, undocumented and dependent on one person who is about to leave.
What you get
What we deliver
- A plain-English assessment for people who do not read code
- Security issues identified — injection, authentication, secrets committed to the repository
- Test coverage and quality assessed, not just the percentage reported
- Dependency audit covering unsupported, outdated and vulnerable packages
- A judgement on maintainability: could another team take this on, and at what cost
- Findings ranked by severity with the effort to address each one
Want this scoped for your business in Reading?
Thirty minutes, no charge, no sales script. You leave with a written summary of what code review would actually involve — whether or not you use us.
Working in Reading
South East
Reading anchors the Thames Valley technology corridor, and local firms are often part of large enterprise supply chains where security review and integration standards are set by someone else.
Work here usually has to satisfy someone else's security and integration standards, because clients sit inside larger enterprise supply chains.
Sectors we work with in Reading
- Technology
- Telecommunications
- Financial Services
- Professional Services
What we work with
Technologies and platforms
- TypeScript
- PHP
- Python
- .NET
- SonarQube
- Snyk
Who we work with
Industries we serve
- Startups and scale-ups
- Financial services
- Private equity and investors
- Healthcare
- Public sector suppliers
Why us
Why Reading businesses choose Asionis
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise
How we work
- Step 1
Free consultation
A 30-minute call to understand the problem. You keep the written summary either way.
- Step 2
Proposal
Scope, timeline and a fixed price, in writing, before anything starts.
- Step 3
Build
Short cycles with regular check-ins, so you see progress rather than hear about it.
- Step 4
Launch and support
We handle the go-live and stay available afterwards.
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Code Review in Reading — common questions
- Our supplier says everything is fine. Why get a second opinion?
- Because they are assessing their own work, and even honest teams cannot see their own blind spots. An independent review either confirms what you have been told — which is worth knowing — or finds what nobody was looking for.
- Will you be reviewing a competitor's work fairly?
- The report states findings with evidence — file, line, why it matters — so you can put it to the original developer and judge their response. A review that cannot be checked is just an opinion, and we would rather be held to the specifics.
- How long does it take?
- Typically a few days to two weeks depending on size. We need read access to the repository and, ideally, a running environment — reading code without seeing it run misses a great deal.
- Is this the same as due diligence?
- Overlapping but narrower. This examines the code. Technical due diligence also covers the team, the infrastructure, the licensing position and the delivery process, which is what an acquisition needs.
- Do you work with businesses across Berkshire?
- Yes. We are based in Leicester, United Kingdom and work with clients throughout South East, including Reading and the surrounding Berkshire area. Most collaboration happens remotely, and we travel for kick-offs and key milestones.
- What kind of Reading businesses do you usually work with?
- Work here usually has to satisfy someone else's security and integration standards, because clients sit inside larger enterprise supply chains. Beyond that we work across Technology, Telecommunications, Financial Services and Professional Services.
- Do you cover the areas around Reading?
- Yes — we work throughout South East, including Oxford, London, Milton Keynes, Southampton. Reading is an urban area of roughly 340,000+, and we take on work across the wider Berkshire region rather than the city boundary alone.
Talk to us about Code Review in Reading
A 30-minute call with someone who would actually work on it. No sales script, no obligation.
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise