Aternex is Austin Lippert's software practice in Knoxville. I build new systems and rescue old ones, and I run every engagement myself from the first conversation to the code running in production. Each headline result below links to how it was measured; figures from earlier roles without a proof page are my own account.
Legacy code and databases restructured, test suites rebuilt, and releases made routine again.
There is code nobody wants to open. Tests fail or do not exist, releases are slow, and every change feels like a gamble. Either the business slowly stops asking for changes, or it keeps asking and the changes pile up on the main branch until everyone can agree to a release, which then ships them all at once, where they step on each other.
Read about modernization and rescueWeb applications built around how your business actually works, from first version to production.
The work runs on spreadsheets, email threads and off-the-shelf tools that almost fit. Every workaround costs someone time each week, and the software that would remove them does not exist yet.
Read about custom applicationsWarehouses, pipelines and dashboards that deliver the numbers while they still matter.
The numbers arrive too late, too slowly or in too many versions to act on. Reports finish after the decisions they were meant to inform, and nobody is sure which spreadsheet is current.
Read about data platformsSystems connected and manual work automated, with the failures made visible.
The same information is typed into three systems, files are exported and re-imported by hand, and when a sync quietly fails nobody notices until a customer does.
Read about integrations and automationPayment flows and gateways that keep card data and compliance scope contained.
Money moves through your software, and every change carries risk: to customers, to compliance and to the business itself. The safest-looking option is to change nothing, which is how payment code goes stale.
Read about paymentsWhichever service fits, the work starts with a call and a look at the system as it is. Aternex works remotely anywhere, and in person around Knoxville, Oak Ridge, Kingston and Lenoir City.
Describe the problem in plain words, on a call or through the contact form. I reply within two business days.