Pet care software
Pawsitively: a SaaS from first commit to production in a day
Fast delivery and careful engineering in the same product, from day one.
See the project ↗Services / Custom applications
Software shaped around your business.
The spreadsheet has done its job. Let’s build the product, portal, or working tool your next chapter needs.
Does this sound familiar?
A good fit when…
- A new product needs its first usable version
- Your team works around software that almost fits
- Customers need a portal built for your service
From the problem to the handover
What we’ll build.
What you’ll keep.
The work runs on spreadsheets, email threads and off-the-shelf tools that almost fit. Every workaround costs someone time each week, and the software that would remove them does not exist yet.
- 01 / Deliverable
A web application with sign-up, roles and the workflows your business depends on
- 02 / Deliverable
Forms, approvals and dashboards that match how the work is actually done
- 03 / Deliverable
Payments and billing where the product needs them
- 04 / Deliverable
Automated tests and a release pipeline that runs on every change
- 05 / Deliverable
Plain-language notes on how the system is built, deployed and run
How we get there
- 01
Start from how the business really runs: the people, the steps and the exceptions, gathered in conversation and written down in plain language.
- 02
Put a first version with the screens that matter in front of the people who will use it, then shape it around what they actually do.
- 03
Set the codebase up with tests, type checks and a release pipeline on the first day, so later changes stay as safe as the first one.
- 04
Ship to production and hand over code that the next developer can read, run and change.
Experience you can inspect
Similar challenges.
Concrete outcomes.
Earlier work that informs how I approach this service. Each engagement has its own scope.
Before we start
A few useful answers.
Bring the idea and a walkthrough of how the work happens today. We’ll identify who the first version serves and which workflow matters most.
More about working together ↗Who builds the application?
Austin Lippert, the founder of Aternex, does the work himself, from the first conversation to production. The person you describe the problem to is the person writing the code.
Which languages and frameworks does Aternex use?
Whatever the business already runs. .NET is the default for new work, alongside TypeScript, React, Next.js, Vue and Node.js. In one engagement I rebuilt a Blazor client as React and Next.js and rewrote its pipeline in Node.
Can Aternex start from a vague idea?
Yes. Most custom applications start as a description of a problem rather than a specification. The first step is a call to understand the work; from there the first version is scoped to what the people using it need most.
What happens after launch?
The application keeps its tests and release pipeline, so later changes ship the same way the first version did. Aternex can stay on to extend it, or hand it to your own developers with notes on how it is built and run.