Post on 17-Jul-2015
Peaking
behind the
-as-a-Service Firewall
Sebastien Mirolo
@seabasscapoeira
smirolo@djaodjin.com
How does freedom
feels like?
Subscription is
difficult to get right
Update card??
Update card ??
Software-as-a-
ServiceHTTP Application Firewall
Lessons Learned:
Coding• 80% of a boutique SaaS is authentication /
subscription
• 30+ Prerequisites In a Production Django App
• 75% Code Coverage is not enough to deploy a
refactor
Trend that impacted our development process:
Modern Web UI
requires a lot more Javascript
Lessons Learned:
Customer Support• Domain Names are as irrelevant as IP addresses to end
users.
• Payment glitches are high-stress situations.
• Number One Feature:
Coupon/Discount Codes
• Inbound Marketing:
This is a long (long) game
• Support Channels:
Get on the phone!
How you can help?
• Clone the repo and try it out!
• Star us on GitHub!
https://github.com/djaodjin/djaodjin-saas/