# A Rails _agency_ and _product studio_.

## We build software for our clients, and ship our own SaaS for the people we care about. Either way, we are committed to understanding the problem, solving it, and ensuring it works fast.

## Plan

Understand the problem, find viable paths, and set the direction.

[Get In Touch](#)

## Develop

Build a product that minimally solves the problem, get feedback from users, iterate and improve. Develop a solution using open source and free tools.

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## Launch

Give the project wings and breath life into it. Market the heck out of it and enjoy the success of your labors.

[Let's Take Off](#contact)

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## Products

### Our own SaaS — built by the same team that ships your projects.

[![Causey](/products/causey/causey.jpg) 

## Causey
Strategic planning software that helps nonprofit leaders turn plans into daily action.
](https://www.causey.app/)

[![Stoked](/products/stoked/stoked.jpg) 

## Stoked
Peer-to-peer brand advocacy that turns happy customers into your best salespeople.
](https://get.stokedhq.com/)

## Work

### We love our clients and showing off what we've created with them.

 ![Lale](/work/lale/education.jpg)

## Lale
Web Application - Ruby on Rails-based volunteer management platform

 ![EcoX Estimator](/work/ecox/layout.jpg)

## EcoX Estimator
Web Application - Ruby on Rails-based solar Layout and sales quoting tool

 ![The Local Girls](/work/local_girls/local_girls.jpg)

## The Local Girls
Website - Talented artists needing an easily administered Weebly website

 ![McCaulley & Company](/work/mccaulley/mccaulley-and-co.jpg)

## McCaulley&Company
Website - Cleveland strategic consulting and professional services firm website

 ![DdBS](/work/ddbs/ddbs.jpg)

## Dewey Decibel Systems
Website - Ohio production company offering mobile staging, live sound reinforcement, and lighting

## Services

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### Web Application Development

Developing web applications is what we like to do most. It’s our area of expertise. It’s our focus. We build solutions for clients’ problems using Ruby on Rails.

### Roadmapping Consultation

You have an idea for a web application. You want to build it. Now what? Rakefire developers will work with you push you to clarify the application’s purpose and functionality and explain the pros/cons of different technological approaches.

### Rails Upgrades and Maintenance

Migrate your web application to the newer version of Ruby On Rails to take advantage of security patches, Ruby language and performance improvements, and the latest gems. A Rakefire developer can evaluate your application and work with you on a plan of action to complete an upgrade.

### Web Application Audit

In between developers? Looking for a second opinion your web application? Let Rakefire assess your project and complete an independent evaluation. We’ll deliver a report outlining your app’s strengths and weaknesses, and a recommendation for a plan moving forward — a plan taking into account your resources and business goals.

## About

### Friends who build kick ass software — for clients we believe in, and as products of our own.

![Jim Harris](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/15d133e93b104e76e5316856d358edb4?d=mm&s=240)

### Jim Harris
Marketer and Wrangler

See the smile on my face? I just helped a client solve a problem. And coffee.

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![Ricky Chilcott](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/eb0ca30a139a9dc5f4d826ac62dde443?d=mm&s=240)

### Ricky Chilcott
Web Developer

Loves the challenge of learning new technologies, solving problems, and bringing non-techies along for the ride!

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## Get In Touch

Because we’re coding applications, out camping or biking, enjoying Athens, OH, or spending time with our families, an immediate reply isn’t always feasible. However, we guarantee a reply within 48 hours with information and a plan of action.

### Contact Info

- 29 East Carpenter  
Athens, OH 45701
- (740) 561-1361
- [contact@rakefire.io](mailto:contact@rakefire.io)

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