Technical Due Diligence

Codebase Architecture & Technical Debt Audit

A visually polished SaaS application may sit on top of spaghetti code, unmaintained open-source libraries with known CVE vulnerabilities, or proprietary code authored by offshore contractors without signed IP assignments.

🚩 Common Seller Red Flags & Tricks

Zero automated test coverage (no unit tests, no end-to-end regression tests).
Single hardcoded database administrator credentials and absent environment isolation (production vs staging).
Deprecated framework versions (e.g., Python 2.7, outdated PHP, ancient React) requiring complete rewrites.
Absence of written documentation, deployment pipelines, or architectural schematics.

🛡️ Buyer Forensic Audit Steps

Require Git repository read-only access for a code quality scan (SonarQube / Snyk / Dependabot).
Verify complete developer commit logs and execute a live build from scratch on a clean container.
Review third-party API dependencies and monthly infrastructure cloud hosting costs.
Obtain signed proprietary intellectual property invention assignments from every historical developer.

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