Alembic

Working with Elixir, Phoenix and the Ash Framework, Alembic designs, builds and re-platforms business software for companies in Australia. Its clients run from pre-seed start-ups through to ASX100 companies, and the firm says its way of working is to form small teams that commit to an agreed outcome and deliver it quickly.

Elixir, Phoenix and Ash development

Alembic builds custom software and cloud products, including SaaS platforms taken from first idea to scale-up. Its Elixir and Phoenix web applications are built for reliability and maintainability, and the firm reports that Elixir came out ahead of other web technologies it has used for simplicity and performance. Where a web application needs stronger typing, the team uses TypeScript. Ash Premium Support gives teams advice on architecture, reviews of their code, and hands-on implementation help from specialists in the Ash Framework.

Software audits and API work

An audit reviews an existing system so that a founder can check its current state, satisfy investors, or plan for growth. The firm says these reviews catch potential issues before a product is scaled. Alembic also builds, audits and integrates APIs so that a client's team can reach its data consistently in one place. Alongside this, it offers AI readiness work that prepares platforms for the way people will interact with software in future.

Client projects in healthcare, energy and property

The firm points to a healthcare communication platform that it moved onto Elixir and Ash, and says the change improved system reliability and scalability while cutting infrastructure costs by more than 83%. For Soluna Computing it built fault-tolerant Elixir architecture to help allocate renewable energy to high-performance computing workloads. An automotive service business replaced a legacy system with an Ash Framework platform that digitised workflows and added real-time mobile features. Domain's Social Boost, which lets property agents spread their listings through social media campaigns, is another build. The published work also includes handdii's international rollout into New Zealand and the United States, and Class Solver's cloud student placement software for schools.