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Python development

Python, for the work that has to be read as well as run.

Python is where data work, automation and back-end services meet. It is readable enough that the person maintaining it in two years can follow the intent, which matters more on this kind of code than raw speed does.

SEECO's website and Duncan Farms' system are both built in Python.

Overview

Python, the way we do it

Python earns its place in the parts of a system that get read as often as they get run: the job that reconciles two datasets, the service that processes an upload, the script that quietly holds a business process together. When something goes wrong at month end, the person opening that file needs to understand it quickly.

It is also the language the data and AI ecosystem is written in, so the same team can move between a reporting job and a model without switching stack. We use it for back-end services, automation and data work, and we type and test it like anything else we expect to maintain.

What's included

What you actually get

  • Back-end services and APIs, with types and tests like any other code we keep
  • Data processing, reconciliation and reporting jobs
  • Automation of the manual steps that currently need a person
  • The same language across data, AI and back-end work
  • Deployed on infrastructure we configure and monitor

How we work

Five steps, no surprises

  1. 01

    We talk

    A call or a WhatsApp thread. You tell us what is not working; we tell you honestly whether we are the right people.

  2. 02

    We scope it

    A written plan with what you get, what it costs and how long it takes. Fixed, so there are no surprises later.

  3. 03

    We build it

    You see it as it goes, not at the end. Changes are cheap while it is still being built.

  4. 04

    We put it live

    On infrastructure we set up and secure, tested before the launch date.

  5. 05

    We keep it running

    Updates, monitoring and someone who answers. Most clients stay on a monthly agreement.

Questions

About python

Is Python fast enough?

For almost everything a business system does, yes. The bottleneck is nearly always the database or the network. Where raw speed genuinely matters we would suggest Go for that piece rather than rewriting everything.

Django or FastAPI?

Django when you want a full application with an admin interface out of the box; FastAPI when you are building an API and want it lean. We will explain which fits before starting.

Can you take over a Python codebase?

Yes. We read it first and report what we find, including the dependency and test situation, before quoting on new work.

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