Planet Argon

Planet Argon was hired by Newspaper Club, a print-on-demand company, for maintenance, upgrades, and feature development. The project involved the ongoing maintenance of a legacy Rails system, bug fixes, code clean-ups, and new feature developments. The team from Planet Argon, consisting of 2-5 employees, was also responsible for Ruby and Rails upgrades. The company was selected based on its pricing, culture fit, and value for cost. The CEO of Newspaper Club found Planet Argon through an online search.

For Applegate, an organic meat company, Planet Argon was brought on board to handle web development and cybersecurity. The project involved supplementing Applegate's existing staff and eventually taking over all web development needs. The team built the site from scratch, integrated it with several third-party tools, and ensured compliance with stringent security requirements. The project, which started in January 2016, is ongoing and has cost between $1.2-$1.5 million so far. The e-commerce and digital marketing leader at Applegate found Planet Argon through an online search and was impressed with their understanding of the brand and technical expertise.

Planet Argon was engaged by LabArchives, a software solutions company for scientific research, to upgrade its Ruby on Rails from 2.3 to 3.2. The project involved analyzing the current Ruby on Rails codebase and dependencies, creating an upgrade plan, and partnering with the internal development team for planning and execution. The team also mentored and educated the internal team for the continuation of the project without assistance. The Director of Engineering of LabArchives found Planet Argon through an online search and chose them for their pricing, culture fit, and past experience with similar projects.