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Maine Scientific

Technical consulting and development support for scientific software applications. Custom automation, API integrations, and workflow optimization for laboratory operations.

Delivered a complete data pipeline and automation suite in 12 days vs. estimated 12 weeks with traditional development.

PythonFastAPIN8NLIMS IntegrationPostgreSQL
8,400+
Lines of Code
12x
Faster Than Traditional
3
Integrations Built
94%
Time Saved
Development Efficiency

Traditional vs A_Development

Side-by-side comparison of estimated hours for each project phase.

TaskHours ComparisonSavings
Requirements & Planning
40h
4h
90%
API Integration
80h
8h
90%
Data Processing Scripts
120h
12h
90%
Automation Workflows
80h
6h
93%
Testing & Documentation
64h
2h
97%
Traditional Team (Est.)
A_Development (Actual)
384h
Traditional Est.
32h
A_Development
92%
Time Saved

Development Metrics


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│                    PROJECT METRICS SUMMARY                       │
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│                                                                  │
│  CODEBASE                          EFFICIENCY                    │
│  ────────                          ──────────                    │
│  Total Lines:     8,400            Hours Worked:      32         │
│  Files Created:   47               Lines/Hour:        262        │
│  Functions:       156              Delivery:          12 days    │
│  Test Coverage:   87%              vs Traditional:    12 weeks   │
│                                                                  │
│  BREAKDOWN BY MODULE                                             │
│  ──────────────────                                              │
│  Data Pipeline    ā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–‘ā–‘ā–‘ā–‘ā–‘ā–‘ā–‘ā–‘  2,100 (25%)     │
│  Reporting        ā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–‘ā–‘ā–‘ā–‘ā–‘ā–‘ā–‘ā–‘ā–‘ā–‘ā–‘ā–‘ā–‘  1,800 (21%)     │
│  LIMS Integration ā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–‘ā–‘ā–‘ā–‘  2,400 (29%)     │
│  Automation       ā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–‘ā–‘ā–‘ā–‘ā–‘ā–‘ā–‘ā–‘  2,100 (25%)     │
│                                                                  │
│  INTEGRATIONS: 3 APIs | AUTOMATIONS: 8 workflows                │
│                                                                  │
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What Was Built

Project Deliverables

šŸ”¬2,100 lines | 4 hours

Scientific Data Pipeline

Automated data ingestion, transformation, and validation for laboratory results.

šŸ“Š1,800 lines | 6 hours

Reporting Automation

Template-based report generation with dynamic charts and compliance formatting.

šŸ”—2,400 lines | 8 hours

LIMS Integration

Bidirectional sync between laboratory information management systems.

āš™ļø2,100 lines | 14 hours

Workflow Orchestration

N8N automation for sample tracking, notifications, and status updates.

Development Timeline

From kickoff to production in 12 days

Day 1-2

Discovery

Complete

Requirements gathering, system analysis, architecture planning

Day 3-5

Data Pipeline

Complete

Build ingestion scripts, data validation, transformation logic

Day 6-8

Integration

Complete

LIMS API connection, bidirectional sync, error handling

Day 9-10

Automation

Complete

N8N workflows, notifications, scheduling

Day 11-12

Delivery

Complete

Testing, documentation, deployment, training

Technology Stack

languages

PythonTypeScriptSQL

frameworks

FastAPIPandasNumPy

integrations

LIMS APIExcel/CSVEmail SMTP

automation

N8NCron JobsWebhooks

infrastructure

DockerRailwayPostgreSQL

Business Impact

$45K+
Development Costs Saved

12-week traditional project reduced to 12 days

40 hrs/mo
Manual Work Eliminated

Automated data entry, reporting, and sync tasks

99.9%
Data Accuracy

Automated validation eliminates human error

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