Promenade PlatformModern Backend Platform
Built with Domain-Driven Design, Event-Driven Architecture, and Clean Patterns
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For Business Decision-Makers
Comprehensive business documentation available in 8 languages
| Language | Document | Target Audience |
|---|---|---|
| English | Business Overview | Executives, managers, investors |
| Українська | Бізнес-огляд | Керівники, менеджери, інвестори |
| Deutsch | Geschäftsübersicht | Führungskräfte, Manager, Investoren |
| Français | Aperçu Commercial | Dirigeants, managers, investisseurs |
| Español | Resumen de Negocio | Ejecutivos, gerentes, inversores |
| Português | Visão Geral de Negócios | Executivos, gerentes, investidores |
What's Included: Executive summary • Value propositions • Core capabilities (CRM, Orders, Warehouse, Billing) • Use cases with ROI • Deployment options • Roadmap Q1-Q4 2026 • Success metrics
For Investors
Each business overview includes comprehensive investor section (~260 lines):
- Market Opportunity: TAM $211B+ (CRM $128B, Orders $45B, Inventory $38B)
- Target Market: 30M+ SMBs, 200K mid-market, 24M e-commerce stores
- Revenue Model: SaaS $29-299/user/month + Services $150-250/hour + Marketplace 20%
- Revenue Projections: Year 1: $180K → Year 5: $28M (567% growth Y1-Y2)
- Funding: $1.5M seed (40% product, 30% sales, 20% ops, 10% reserve)
- Exit Strategy: 4-6 years, $200M-500M target
- Investment Terms: $7.5M-10M pre-money valuation, 15-20% equity
Contact: alexander.vasilenko@gmail.com
Tender: Web & Mobile Development
Looking for development agencies or freelance teams to build modern applications on top of our REST API infrastructure.
Projects Available:
- Web Application (React/TypeScript): 12-16 weeks, $40K-70K USD
- iOS Application (Swift/SwiftUI): 12-16 weeks, $35K-60K USD
- Android Application (Kotlin/Compose): 12-16 weeks, $35K-60K USD
Included: Dashboard, CRM features, order management, inventory tracking, billing, JWT authentication, role-based access control, offline-first mobile architecture
Contact: alexander.vasilenko@gmail.com • Details: See business overview documents above
Why Promenade?
Promenade is not a traditional CRM — it's a modular platform that grows with your needs.
Start with customer management, add orders when needed, integrate billing when ready. Each module is a separate Bounded Context with its own domain model.
Perfect for: Startups building MVPs • Enterprise microservices • Learning DDD • E-commerce platforms • High-performance applications
For Business Leaders
What is Promenade?
Promenade is a ready-to-use business platform that helps you manage customers, track sales deals, process orders, and handle billing — all in one system. Think of it as the backend foundation for your digital business, designed to grow with you from day one.
Why It Matters for Your Business
Faster Time-to-Market
Instead of building everything from scratch (which takes 6-12 months), start with working customer management, order processing, and billing modules. Focus your team on unique features that differentiate your business.
Pay-as-You-Grow Architecture
Start with what you need today. Customer tracking? That's ready. Add order management when you make first sales. Enable billing when you're ready to charge. No expensive rewrites, no vendor lock-in.
Built for Scale
Whether you're a 3-person startup or planning to process 10,000 orders per day, the same architecture works. The system is battle-tested with 420+ automated quality checks running on every change.
Real Business Scenarios
Scenario 1: SaaS Startup
- Month 1: Launch with user registration and customer profiles
- Month 3: Add subscription billing when you have first 100 users
- Month 6: Enable analytics when investors ask for metrics
- Result: MVP in 1 month instead of 6, costs reduced by 60%
Scenario 2: E-commerce Platform
- Week 1: Import existing customers (CSV → API)
- Week 2: Connect to your storefront, process first orders
- Week 4: Add inventory tracking, automated invoicing
- Result: New backend live in 1 month, old system retired
Scenario 3: B2B Sales Team
- Day 1: Track customer contacts, company info
- Week 1: Manage sales pipeline, deal stages
- Month 1: Generate reports, forecast revenue
- Result: Sales team productive from day 1, full CRM in 1 month
What You Get Out-of-the-Box
| Business Capability | What It Means | Time Saved |
|---|---|---|
| Customer Management | Store customer info, track lifecycle (lead→customer→churned), segment by tier | 2-3 months |
| Sales Pipeline | Manage deals through stages, calculate win probability, forecast revenue | 1-2 months |
| Order Processing | Create orders, track fulfillment, calculate totals automatically | 2-3 months |
| User Authentication | Secure login, role-based permissions, password reset flows | 1 month |
| Billing Integration | Generate invoices, track payments (coming Q2 2026) | 2 months |
| Inventory Tracking | Stock levels, warehouse management (coming Q3 2026) | 2 months |
Total development time saved: 10-13 months of engineering work
Technical Foundation (Without Jargon)
Reliable
Banking-grade database (PostgreSQL) ensures your customer data and orders are never lost. All changes are tracked, auditable, and recoverable.
Fast
Handles 377,000 operations per second. Your users won't wait. Even with 10,000 customers and 1,000 daily orders, response times stay under 50ms.
Secure
Enterprise-level security: encrypted passwords, token-based authentication, role-based access (admin/manager/user). Rate limiting prevents attacks (max 5 login attempts per minute).
Monitored
Health checks every 30 seconds. If database goes down, you know within seconds. Automatic alerts integrate with Slack/PagerDuty.
Tested
Every feature has 420+ automated tests. When you add a new feature, tests run in 60 seconds and tell you if something breaks.
Who Should Use Promenade?
Perfect Fit:
- B2B/B2C companies managing customers and orders
- SaaS startups needing subscription billing
- E-commerce platforms requiring order processing
- Sales-driven companies with deal pipelines
- Businesses that will grow beyond 1,000 customers
Not Ideal For:
- Simple landing page websites (use WordPress)
- Mobile-only apps with no backend needs
- Pure analytics platforms (use Snowflake/BigQuery)
- Real-time chat apps (use dedicated chat services)
Investment & ROI
Development Cost Comparison:
| Approach | Time | Cost (3 devs) | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Build from Scratch | 12 months | $360,000 | High (architecture mistakes) |
| Buy SaaS Platform | 1 week | $5,000/month = $60,000/year | Vendor lock-in, limited customization |
| Promenade Platform | 1 month | $30,000 setup + $0/month hosting | Low (proven patterns, owned code) |
ROI Calculation:
- Time saved: 11 months (can ship product earlier)
- Revenue gained: If product brings $50K/month, you gain $550K revenue
- Cost saved: $330K in development + $0 monthly licensing fees
- Total 1st year benefit: ~$880K
Core Business Capabilities
These are the ready-to-use business modules that save you months of development time. Each one is production-ready with complete API, database schema, and business logic.
Customer Management
Complete CRM with customer lifecycle (Lead → Prospect → Customer → Churned). B2C/B2B support, tier segmentation, sales pipeline tracking. 14 API endpoints with state machine validation.
Explore Customer Management →Deal Management
Sales pipeline with deal lifecycle tracking (lead → qualified → proposal → negotiation → closed). Probability auto-calculation (10%→100%), win/loss tracking, pipeline statistics. 12 API endpoints production-ready.
Explore Deal Management →Order Management
Complete order lifecycle with fully implemented business rules. Create orders, add line items, automatic totals. State machine enforced (pending → confirmed → processing → fulfilled). 14 production-ready endpoints.
Explore Order Management →Warehouse Management
Complete inventory management with automated order-inventory integration. Real-time stock tracking (on hand, reserved, available, committed), product catalog, stock movements audit trail, warehouse locations. 58 API endpoints, 433 tests passing.
Explore Warehouse Management →User Authentication
Secure login and user management. JWT tokens (15min access, 7 days refresh), role-based permissions (admin/manager/user), password reset flows. Rate limiting protects against attacks.
See Authentication Guide →Billing & Invoicing
Generate invoices, track payments, manage subscriptions. Automatic billing cycles, payment reminders, revenue reporting. Integration-ready for payment gateways.
Coming Q2 2026 →Analytics & Reporting
Business dashboards, KPI tracking, revenue forecasts. Customer insights, sales reports, order analytics. Export to Excel, PDF, or integrate with BI tools.
Coming Q3 2026 →Technical Foundation
For developers and technical teams: the architectural patterns and infrastructure that make Promenade fast, reliable, and maintainable.
Domain-Driven Design
Pure DDD with Bounded Contexts, Aggregates, Value Objects, and Domain Events. Each context is autonomous with its own domain model and database schema.
Learn DDD Architecture →Event-Driven Architecture
Central Event Bus with Memory and Redis adapters. 377K events/sec throughput, automatic retry, panic recovery, and graceful shutdown.
Explore Event Bus →JWT + RBAC Authentication
Token-based authentication with Role-Based Access Control. 15-minute access tokens, 7-day refresh tokens, and Redis-backed token revocation.
See RBAC Guide →Bounded Contexts
6 autonomous business domains - Identity, Customer Management, Order Management, Billing, Warehouse (100% complete with automated order-inventory integration), Analytics. Contexts communicate only via Event Bus.
View All Contexts →Four-Tier Testing
Professional test organization with 420+ tests. Unit tests (in-place, fast), Smoke tests (mock handlers), Integration tests (real DB, full validation), Benchmark tests (performance measurement). 90%+ coverage.
Read Testing Guide →Production-Ready
Rate limiting (5/min login), health checks (4 endpoints), graceful shutdown, structured logging, database migrations, Docker support.
Health Monitoring →Event Bus Adapters
Switch between Memory (377K events/sec, dev) and Redis (distributed, prod) adapters with single config change. Zero code changes needed.
Event Bus Docs →Rate Limiting
IP-based rate limiting with token bucket algorithm. Login 5/min, Register 3/min. Automatic cleanup prevents memory leaks. Production-ready.
Rate Limiting Guide →Health Checks
Comprehensive health monitoring for PostgreSQL, Redis, Event Bus. 4 endpoints, 3 status levels (healthy/degraded/unhealthy), 5-second timeout.
Health Check API →Redis Caching
Resource-specific TTL (Reference 1h-24h, User 10-30m, Session 30m-1h). Cache-aside pattern with write-through invalidation. Graceful degradation when Redis unavailable.
Caching Guide →Deal Management
Sales pipeline with deal lifecycle tracking (lead → qualified → proposal → negotiation → closed). Probability auto-calculation (10%→100%), win/loss tracking, pipeline statistics. 12 API endpoints production-ready.
Deal Management Guide →Order Management
Complete order lifecycle with fully implemented business rules. Create orders, add line items, automatic totals. State machine enforced (pending → confirmed → processing → fulfilled). 14 production-ready endpoints.
Order Management Guide →Warehouse Management
Automated order-inventory integration via Event Bus. Real-time stock tracking (on hand, reserved, available, committed), immutable stock movements audit trail, product catalog, warehouse locations. 58 API endpoints, 433 tests (100% passing).
Warehouse Management Guide →Value Objects
Immutable domain primitives - Email, Phone, Money, Address, DateRange. Built-in validation, type safety, and business logic encapsulation.
Value Objects →UUID v7 (Time-Ordered)
Time-ordered UUIDs provide 2x faster database inserts than UUID v4, better B-tree index locality, and natural ordering by creation time.
UUID v7 Benchmark →Structured Logging
Context-aware logging with slog wrapper. Request ID propagation, log levels (debug/info/warn/error), JSON format for production.
Logger Package →Quick Start - Try It in 5 Minutes
Prerequisites: Docker installed on your machine (Get Docker)
No programming knowledge needed for testing!
Step 1: Get the Code
bash
# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/basilex/promenade.git
cd promenadeStep 2: Start Everything with One Command
bash
# This starts PostgreSQL database + runs migrations + starts API server
make dev
# You should see:
# PostgreSQL ready on localhost:5432
# Redis ready on localhost:6379
# Database migrations completed
# Server started on http://localhost:8081Step 3: Check It's Working
Open browser: http://localhost:8081/health
You should see:
json
{
"status": "healthy",
"version": "0.1.0",
"timestamp": "2025-12-31T10:00:00Z"
}Step 4: Test Customer Management (Using curl or Postman)
Create a Customer:
bash
curl -X POST http://localhost:8081/api/v1/customer-mgmt/customers \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"name": "Acme Corporation",
"email": "contact@acme.com",
"type": "b2b",
"tier": "enterprise"
}'Get All Customers:
bash
curl http://localhost:8081/api/v1/customer-mgmt/customersCreate a Deal:
bash
curl -X POST http://localhost:8081/api/v1/customer-mgmt/deals \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"customer_id": "<paste-customer-id-from-above>",
"title": "Q1 Enterprise Contract",
"value_cents": 5000000,
"currency": "USD",
"stage": "qualified"
}'Step 5: Explore API Documentation
Full API documentation: API Reference
Available Endpoints:
- Customers: Create, update, list, filter by tier/status
- Deals: Manage sales pipeline, track probability, win/loss
- Orders: Create orders, add items, track fulfillment
- Users: Register, login, JWT tokens, RBAC
Next Steps
Technology Stack
Backend
Go 1.23+Fast, reliable, concurrent
PostgreSQL 16ACID, JSONB, UUID v7
Redis 7Event Bus, Caching, Sessions
Architecture
Domain-Driven DesignBounded Contexts, Aggregates
Event-Driven377K events/sec throughput
Clean ArchitectureLayers, SOLID, Testability
Infrastructure
DockerContainerized services
JWT + RBACToken-based auth, 5 roles
Health Checks4 endpoints, monitoring
Perfect For
Startups Building MVPs
Start with Identity + Customer Management contexts. Add Order Management when you have first sales. Scale without rewriting.
Fast time-to-market, modular growth
Enterprise Microservices
Each Bounded Context is deployment-independent. Event Bus handles communication. Perfect for distributed teams.
Team autonomy, clear boundaries
Learning DDD & Clean Architecture
Real production code with 33 README files, testing patterns documented, architecture decisions explained.
Educational codebase, best practices
High-Performance Applications
UUID v7 gives 2x faster inserts. Event Bus handles 377K events/sec. No ORM overhead with sqlx.
Database optimized, production tested
E-commerce & SaaS Platforms
Customer + Order + Billing contexts provide complete e-commerce backend. Event-driven order processing, inventory management.
Complete business logic, scalable
Cloud-Native & DevOps Teams
Docker-ready, health checks, graceful shutdown, structured logs. Kubernetes-compatible with 4 monitoring endpoints.
Production-ready, observable
What Developers Say
"Promenade's Event Bus is a game changer! We switched from Memory to Redis adapter with just one config line. Zero code changes, and now our events are distributed across all instances."
Alex ChenSenior Backend Engineer @ TechCorp
"The three-tier testing strategy is brilliant! Unit tests run in 5 seconds, integration tests provide full validation in 14s. We catch bugs early with real database testing. Our CI/CD pipeline is reliable and fast."
Sarah JohnsonLead Developer @ StartupX
"Clean Architecture with DDD done right! Each Bounded Context is truly isolated - own database schema, own migrations, own routes. Adding a new context is like copy-paste. Love it!"
Michael RodriguezCTO @ FinanceApp
"RBAC implementation is production-ready out of the box. 5 system roles, 29+ permissions, JWT integration, token revocation with Redis. Saved us 2 weeks of development time."
Emily WatsonSecurity Architect @ CloudSolutions
"The documentation is insane! Every package has README, every context explained, testing patterns documented. We onboarded 3 juniors in one week. They were productive immediately."
David KimEngineering Manager @ DataCorp
"UUID v7 is a hidden gem! Our PostgreSQL inserts are 2x faster, and we get time-ordered IDs for free. No more auto-increment sequences or timestamp columns. Just pure performance."
Lisa AndersonDatabase Engineer @ ScaleDB
By The Numbers
377K
Events/sec (Memory Bus)
420+
Tests (90% Coverage)
6
Bounded Contexts
33
README Navigation Files
10
Reusable Packages
2x
Faster Inserts (UUID v7)
Resources & Community
Documentation
- Getting Started Guide - 5-minute setup
- Clean Architecture with DDD - Core principles
- Testing Patterns - Three-tier testing strategy
- API Reference - Complete REST documentation
Development
- GitHub Repository - Source code & issues
- GitHub Actions - CI/CD status
- Development Workflow - Daily development process
- Contributing Guide - How to contribute
Learning
- Bounded Contexts Strategy - Context isolation
- Event-Driven Architecture - Event Bus deep dive
- Warehouse Management - Inventory with order integration
- RBAC Implementation - Role-based access control
- Package Library - 10 reusable packages
Production
- Health Monitoring - Dependency health checks
- Caching Layer - Redis-based caching
- Rate Limiting - IP-based protection
- Production Deployment - Docker & Kubernetes
Metrics & Performance
- Test Coverage Report - 240+ tests, 90%+ coverage
- Event Bus Tests - 67 tests, 377K events/sec
- UUID v7 Performance - 2x faster inserts
- CI/CD Pipeline - Build status & metrics
Status & Updates
- Release Notes - Version history
- Roadmap & Milestones - Future plans
- Recent Commits - Latest changes
- Star on GitHub - Support the project
Join the Community
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