FlowOps — Business Automation System
A custom automation system that connects the client's tools, syncs data and runs scheduled workflows — removing hours of repetitive manual work.
- Timeline
- 4 weeks
- Role
- Backend & integrations
- Team
- Lead engineer
- Year
- 2025
−25h
Manual work / week
99.9%
Job success
12
Tools connected
Client goals
- ◎Connect disparate tools
- ◎Run reliable scheduled jobs
- ◎Remove manual data entry
Project overview
FlowOps connects the client's tools and runs scheduled, reliable workflows — turning hours of manual copying and data entry into automated jobs.
The client problem
Our solution
A queue-backed automation engine (BullMQ + Redis) with idempotent jobs, retries and a run dashboard — connecting 12 tools with two-way sync.
What we built
Features
Integrations
Two-way sync across 12 tools.
Scheduled jobs
Reliable cron-style workflows.
Retries
Idempotent jobs with backoff.
Run dashboard
Visibility into every job.
Alerts
Failure notifications.
Under the hood
Technical code
import { db } from "@/lib/db"; export async function GET() { const items = await db.project.findMany({ where: { status: "active" }, select: { id: true, name: true, updatedAt: true }, orderBy: { updatedAt: "desc" }, take: 50, }); return Response.json(items);}import { z } from "zod"; export const orderSchema = z.object({ items: z.array(z.object({ id: z.string(), qty: z.number().int().positive() })), email: z.string().email(), total: z.number().int().positive(),}); export type OrderInput = z.infer<typeof orderSchema>;Integrations
APIs & services
BullMQ
Reliable background job queue.
Redis
Queue backend and locks.
Resend
Failure and summary alerts.
Webhooks
Inbound/outbound tool sync.
Process
Development workflow
- 1
Discovery
Goals, users and success metrics defined on a free call.
- 2
Planning
Fixed scope, milestone plan and timeline in writing.
- 3
UI/UX design
Wireframes and a clean, modern design system.
- 4
Backend setup
Database schema, auth and core services.
- 5
API development
Typed, documented endpoints and integrations.
- 6
Frontend
Responsive, accessible UI wired to the API.
- 7
Testing
QA across devices plus performance & security checks.
- 8
Deployment
CI/CD, monitoring and a smooth production launch.
- 9
Support
Ongoing maintenance, updates and new features.
Speed & SEO
Performance & SEO
Performance
- ✓Server-side & static rendering for instant first paint
- ✓Image optimisation and lazy loading
- ✓Code-splitting and route-level prefetching
- ✓Edge/CDN caching with smart revalidation
- ✓Green Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS, INP)
- ✓Database indexing and query tuning
SEO
- ✓Per-page metadata, canonical URLs and Open Graph
- ✓Structured data (JSON-LD) for rich results
- ✓Programmatic sitemap & robots
- ✓Semantic, accessible HTML
- ✓Clean, descriptive slug URLs
Built secure
Security
Outcome
Results & impact
−25h
Manual work / week
99.9%
Job success
12
Tools connected
FlowOps removed ~25 hours of manual work per week at 99.9% job reliability, connecting 12 tools into one automated flow.
Automate your operations
Connect your tools and remove repetitive manual work.