Itekako

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO and Founder of Primal Systems Inc.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Primal builds clients, scaling infrastructure and analytics for Nostr.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Itekako to accomplish?

• Build a content caching service for Nostr
• Build web client

SOLUTION

How did you find Itekako?

• Referral

Why did you select Itekako over others?

• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Itekako were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Our objective was to help scale Nostr by implementing a caching service that connects to all public relays, collects all events published in real time and stores them for efficient querying. We then used this service to implement performant client apps as well as to conduct fundamental analytics operations.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Within less than two months of development, the team was able to ship a public preview of the entire product stack, including: caching service, web client and analytics. Rapid development continued in the following months and we are on track to ship the full v1.0 of the product within six months of development.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Itekako is one of the most capable teams I've encountered in my 25+ years of managing software projects. All meetings are always of extremely high signal, issues are identified and addressed on time, which results in delivering high quality products on schedule.

What was your primary form of communication with Itekako?

• Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The most impressive thing about Itekako is their team culture. Everyone takes responsibility for their deliverables, while being generous when there is a need to help their teammates. The entire team is focused on achieving the common goal.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Itekako could have done differently?

I can't think of any areas of improvement. Itekako is the ideal software development partner. I have already recommended them to multiple contacts who are looking to staff/expand their dev teams and I certainly plan on working with them on future projects.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Publishing of an engineering company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We manufacture industrial machinery and systems

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Itekako to accomplish?

• Digital document publishing from SharePoint to the web
• Automated print sheet with publication web link
• DevOps process and Azure hosting support

SOLUTION

How did you find Itekako?

Referral

Why did you select Itekako over others?

Referred to me

How many teammates from Itekako were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Using a provided design and architecture, create a mechanism for delivering documents digitally on the public internet considering all cyber security risks and monitoring requirements. Manage our Azure resources and DevOps.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

10,000 document downloads in 10 months and rising

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Regular meetings and working DevOps with sprints ensure we keep moving through the backlog. Very responsive to our customers' needs.

What was your primary form of communication with Itekako?

Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They take direction well and deliver what you ask for without an expensive analysis before getting started.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Itekako could have done differently?

No is the answer to this question in any working relationship. No.