The Flagship Build
One platform replaced six paid tools
An internal operations platform — from concept to 194,954 lines of production code, replacing 6 SaaS vendors and eliminating $82,640 in annual costs.
The Situation
A solo operator running a multi-vertical business across the US and South Africa was paying $1,565/month for six separate SaaS platforms plus $9,046/month at peak for contractors. The platforms didn't integrate. Data lived in six places. The decision: build a single internal system to replace all six.
What This Demonstrates
Foundation compounds.
13.4× output acceleration came from accumulated patterns feeding forward — Phase 1 was investment, Phases 3–5 were the return.
Quality survives speed.
12.1% product bug rate across the portfolio is half to one-fifth of industry norms (20–50%).
Internal systems displace external dependency.
Six vendor platforms and two contractor relationships eliminated — replaced with owned infrastructure.
Mechanisms demonstrated in this build
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