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HOW THIS COMPANY SAVED 160K$ USING LOW-CODE INSTEAD OF SAAS.


AN ACQUAINTANCE WANTED MY HELP EXPLORING ALTERNATIVES TO BIG TECH NAMES. HE WAS
ABOUT TO SIGN A 200K$ CHECK TO ORACLE NETSUITE FOR A 6-MONTH ERP PROJECT. I
COMPLETED IT FOR 40K$ USING RETOOL & SUPABASE INSTEAD. HOW IT WENT:

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In this article I’ll share how we’ve done that with my pals from code.store, the
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THE PROBLEM & THE WINE

In the city of Paris, where art and wine often meet, I stumbled upon Sylvain,
the CEO of a 30M$ ARR IoT company. We were at a wine-tasting event that soon
turned into a lively gathering among the Parisian bourgeois.

As the music played loudly, I asked Sylvain with teenage-like English, fueled by
my second bottle of Cote Rotie, “What’s your pain in the ass these days?”

Not in a better state himself, Sylvain replied with a pained groan, “Mega
Excel”, and then fell into a pile of oyster shells. The rest of that night
became a blur.


DAMN, I THINK I JUST FUCKED-UP SOMEBODY’S $1 BILLION CONTRACT.


THE IMPROBABLE ALIGNMENT OF CIRCUMSTANCES PRECIPITATED WHAT JUST HAPPENED.

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A week later thus, I met with Richard, the company’s sharp-tongued CFO. He
explained what Sylvain had meant by the “Mega Excel” issue.

 * They sell IoT products and services and user Oracle Netsuite to manage Sales
   Orders.
 * Once validated, Sales Orders are exported into a giant 10.000 rows Excel File
   (!)…
 * …where they manage bookings, revenue breakdowns, and invoices. It’s the
   financial backbone of their entire activity (> 30M$ of ARR)
 * Excel reaches its physical limits, and each operation takes minutes on their
   computers (!)
 * They asked a supplier to configure and adapt Oracle Netsuite and got a 200K$
   offer
 * Wanted to be sure there are no other ways to solve their problem…


THE SOLUTION & THE PAIN

I started by analyzing my options. I wanted to do the project myself.

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