Although there are a lot of software-as-a-service to help people manage events, there aren’t any that are built specifically for communities. Connexia came to us with an idea to make event management and ticketing much easier for communities and we loved their idea.
All they wanted was a prototype to prove the concept, so we scaled back our services to mostly development and we did much of the design along the way.
Timeline was a priority for them, so we powered through the work and ended up delivering the production site about a month early. Their team opted for an hourly contract, which means that we don’t guarantee to hit the budget exactly, but despite adding several items to the scope, we were still able to come very close to hitting the budget.
This team came to us with some urgent needs on a codebase we’d never seen before. Their two web assets were built by a previous developer and they needed a more reliable partner to help them achieve their business goals.
We were able to jump right in and deliver solutions very quickly. We set up both sites so we could easily run them locally and get new developers up to speed quickly.
They had several urgent needs related to integrating their data with a third party data provider. In addition, we redesigned and reskinned their web application to fit more with their brand update. Lastly, we updated some of their forms to capture better data for their current application process.
The project was a success and they continue to use Buink to maintain their web assets.
We continued to do a lot of work for another design agency. Even though we’re a small company, our skills rival the best in the industry.
This work was mostly front-end development focused. It included Shopify and WordPress work, new landing pages, charts, page templates, data design, new Gutenberg blocks, responsive layouts, new components, navigation changes, announcement bars with cookie logic, HubSpot forms, documentation, bug fixes, and much more.
We spent a lot of time this last year building out an automated system for processing car images. This was quite an extensive project that required integrating with several third party systems, including artificial intelligence.
We hit a couple significant challenges including losing the main developer on the project. We were able to add multiple new developers to the project easily, which was a big win for our code setup and team process.
Unfortunately, the project didn’t end as successful as we’d hoped but we learned a lot and our relationship with our client is still intact.
Most of our clients are happy with our work and opt to continue to have us maintain their web assets. Ottosave is no exception. We finished the majority of their application years ago, but we continue to add features and update the codebase.
We continue to work with Festpass to help them achieve their vision. They recently brought in an equity CTO who has his own team of developers but we continue to do code review, offer technical advice, and manage the deployment of code to the qa and production sites.
This project is an example of how we’re here to help at every stage of the project. Whether the client has only an idea and needs help making that idea a reality, which is what we did for this project several years ago, to pitching in and helping out as the project evolves to bringing resources in house.
MyNiceTie is a side business of Buink’s founder, but we manage the weekly social media posts to Facebook and Twitter. Although we don’t talk much about this service that we can offer, it is one that can add a lot of value for clients who don’t have time to maintain a good flow of content. It is amazing how effecting it is to just consistently post something fresh to those who follow your business online.
One of our core competencies is to help you scale development. This article dives into those capabilities and outlines exactly how we can help.
Scale Your Business
Have you ever seen a business plan that doesn’t expect exponential growth? If you’re going to achieve an exponential growth plan, you’re going to need your technology and workforce to scale with you. We offer four ways to help you scale your workforce and three ways to help you scale your technology.
Scale Your Workforce
We can scale your team in four ways: utilize powerful team technologies, implement better team processes, add people quicker, and fill out your team with fractional resources. Any one of these ways can accelerate your growth, and we can combine all four to help you ride a rocket ship.
Scalable Team Technologies
Everything starts with getting team members up to speed quickly and keeping them in sync. In an industry that expects new developers to take days to add value, we can do it in hours. We can also get them adding value with little to no training. We use a combination of proprietary and open source code to run your codebase with infrastructure-as-code. When we’re done, your team can spin up your codebase in minutes by running one command. They can see the code locally in an almost identical environment as your production server and they can start making changes immediately.
Scalable Team Processes
If you’re going to scale your team, you need robust processes that have been time tested. Some tough problems you’ll need to solve are (1) coordinating multiple developers from idea to production, (2) keeping changes independent of each other so you don’t have blockers, (3) preventing code conflicts that arise when developers are working on the same codebase, (4) understanding the value each developer is providing, (5) ensuring developers aren’t introducing security loopholes, and several more. We bring a unique version control process, coupled with an issue management process, and combined with a code review and quality assurance process that sets the foundation for you to scale.
Add People At Scale
As your business grows, you’ll find that the work piles up as you’re trying to hire, onboard, and engage new employees. Working with a company like Buink can flatten out the piles when your needs are high and slow down quickly when your new hire starts carrying their weight. We have a constant flow of top talent and we stand behind their ability to deliver quality and value. We vet all our technical resources to ensure that only the best of the best are working on your projects. We can find people faster and engage them quicker than you could on your own.
Scalable Fractional Team
When you’re small and growing, you can’t afford a full-time team of top talent. As revenue grows, you’ll be able to hire the perfect team, but you still need someone that can fill that role now. Buink can help by providing someone for a fraction of their time at a fraction of the cost. If you already have a killer full-time developer, let us add a fractional project manager to make sure your developer is always unblocked and adding value. Every team needs a good CTO, but they’re usually not your first hire because they’re expensive. We can engage one on your project for only the time you need. Fill out your team now with fractional resources.
Scale Your Technology
It isn’t cost prohibitive to start with the ability to scale before you need it, so why not start with the end in mind. We have a very affordable set of technologies that can help you scale your business, traffic, users, and servers.
Scallable Boilerplates
We’ve been maintaining and improving several boilerplate codebases built on open source foundations. These boilerplates are already optimized to scale. If we build your project from scratch, we leverage these proprietary boilerplates at no cost to you. Our code can scale from one visitor to millions, from one paying subscriber to millions, and from one dollar to billions.
Scale Servers Vertically
At first, you won’t want to waste money on large servers. Our default servers have enough resources (RAM, CPU, and storage) to service thousands of subscribers, but as you grow, you may need to quickly increase your server resources. We utilize cloud resources that allow us to scale your servers vertically at the click of a button. That means we can handle massive traffic spikes without giving visitors a dreaded busy signal. With the ease and affordability of hosting in the cloud, there is no need to get stuck on shared servers with high switching costs.
Scale Servers Horizontally
As your traffic and revenue increase, you’re not only going to need bigger servers, you’re going to need more of them. Because we setup your infrastructure-as-code by default, you can add servers easily when the time is right. Infrastructure-as-code means that setting up a new server requires little to no work, which saves you a lot of money on expensive DevOps engineers. Paying for DevOps engineers every time you need a new server isn’t scalable and it isn’t affordable. We’ve perfected scalable infrastructure and we can implement it for you at a very affordable cost.
