No rewrite
Weeks to first result
1, 2 or 3 workstreams
what stays and what changes
Nothing is rebuilt. Three things get added on top.
Your existing codebase, data model, business logic and repository stay exactly as they are. We work behind your existing tests, and your team keeps shipping throughout.
Stays
data model, logic, repo
Changes
intelligence, automation, interface
0-4 yrs
0-4 yrs
20%
20%
5
5
100+
100+
the situation
Not broken. Just left behind
Most Rails applications we meet are not broken. They were built well, they run the business, and they have been quietly earning money for years.
What has happened is that the world moved. Competitors ship features you have to do by hand. The interface was designed against a style that has dated. Your team spends hours a week on work a machine should do. And your board keeps asking what you are doing about AI while your answer is nothing yet.
None of that requires a rewrite. It requires three specific pieces of work on top of something that already functions.
the three workstreams
Take one, take two, or take all three
Most clients start with one and add the others once they trust the process.
Workstream 01
Intelligence
Put AI inside the product rather than beside it. This is not a chatbot bolted to the corner of the screen.
Classification and routing so records sort themselves. Extraction so data stops being typed in from documents. Summarization so people read less to know more. Search that understands intent rather than matching keywords. Agents that take a multi-step action and report back.
Because it runs inside your Rails application, the model can reach your actual data through your existing permission rules.
classification
extraction
routing
summarization
semantic search
agents
When the data cannot leave your network, we install a small model on your own infrastructure instead of calling a third-party API. We have that running in production today on ordinary CPU. See private AI on your servers →
Workstream 02
Automation
Most Rails applications have a list of things a person does every day that the software could do instead.
Reports assembled by hand each Monday. Data copied between two systems. Approvals chased over email. Statuses updated because someone remembered. Files renamed and filed.
We find them by watching how your team actually uses the product, not by reading the spec. Background jobs, scheduled work, webhooks and integrations. This is the workstream with the fastest payback, and it is usually the one nobody has budgeted for.
background jobs
scheduled work
webhooks
integrations
Workstream 03
Interface
The part everyone notices and nobody schedules.
A current visual language and a design system so future screens stay consistent. Layouts that work on a phone, because half your users are on one. Faster perceived speed through Hotwire, so pages update in place instead of reloading. Accessibility, which is increasingly a procurement requirement rather than a nice idea.
design system
mobile layouts
Hotwire
accessibility
how it runs
Nothing changes on day one
We work in your existing codebase, in your existing repository, behind your existing tests. Value arrives from the first month rather than at the end.
01
A workshop first
Half a day with the people who use the product daily. They will tell you where the manual work is faster than any audit will.
02
A prioritised list you approve
Every item with what it does, what it costs and what it saves. You pick the order, and you can stop after any item.
03
Shipped in slices
A live URL every week. Each improvement goes out on its own rather than waiting for a big release.
04
Your team keeps working
We fit around your roadmap rather than freezing it. Nothing we do blocks a release you already planned.
where to start
Start with automation
It pays for itself fastest and it needs no design decisions or model choices. Find the three things your team does by hand every week and remove them. The saved hours fund the rest of the programme, and it proves the process before anyone commits to a larger budget.
Then intelligence or interface, depending on where the pressure is. Internal efficiency points to intelligence. How you look next to a competitor points to interface.
before you enquire
Four situations where we would send you somewhere else, or tell you to spend the money differently.
Do the upgrade first. Modernizing on an insecure base is building on sand. See Rails upgrade services →
faqs
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know before getting started with us. Below are out most common questions we get asked.
Will you rebuild our application?
No. That is the point. We work in your existing codebase, keep your data model and your business logic, and add on top. Your team keeps working throughout.
Can you add AI to a Rails app we did not build with you?
Our data cannot go to a third-party API. Is AI still possible?
How long before we see something?
Can we do just one workstream?
Direct Access
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Direct Email
solutions@essencesolusoft.com
Direct WhatsApp / Phone
+91 88665 72265
Studio Location
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