Accelerating Delivery with Generative-Driven Development™

Overview

One platform for every system, built with AI at every stage

ALTA AI is redefining cost management by unifying SaaS, Cloud, Hardware, and Data Centers onto a single platform. To truly optimize systems, they needed dozens of seamless integrations to provide customers with comprehensive system control.

HatchWorks AI developed an MVP that combined traditional software development with a Generative-Driven Development™ (GenDD) approach. GenDD leverages advanced AI models to automate coding tasks, integration logic, and ongoing maintenance workflows.

ALTA AI platform screen unifying SaaS, cloud, and hardware cost data in one view — The ALTA AI platform: SaaS, cloud, hardware, and data centers in one view

The Challenge

Dozens of integrations, and every one of them keeps changing

Enterprise customers require platforms that easily manage diverse systems and rapidly adapt to external API and infrastructure changes. Two major challenges stood in the way.

01

Extensive integration requirements

The platform had to seamlessly support a broad range of SaaS, cloud, and hardware systems.
02

Rapid delivery and maintenance

Quick development cycles and automated maintenance were essential to handle frequent external API updates.

The Process

Prioritize with pilot customers, then let AI carry the integration work

01

Collaborative discovery and prioritization

HatchWorks AI worked closely with ALTA AI and its pilot customers to identify and prioritize the most critical system integrations, mapping the integration landscape before writing code.
02

Accelerated development with GenDD

Using GenDD, which leverages AI at every stage, the team integrated Cursor, a tool that supports full-stack development, to significantly speed up the coding and integration process. This reduced an estimated 20 business days' worth of effort into less than 5 business days.
03

Ongoing maintenance, automated

Automated AI analysis minimizes human intervention for API changes, and an iterative review checks accuracy and functionality with each integration update.

Lesson: scope selection

Well-defined processes were selected to best leverage generative AI.

Lesson: a defined MVP

Clear criteria for integration completion were set to match customer needs.

The maintenance loop

Every external API update used to mean human work. In the GenDD model, AI analysis handles the change and people review the result.

Step 01Trigger

External API changeA SaaS, cloud, or hardware provider updates its API or infrastructure.

Step 02Analyze

Automated AI analysisAdvanced AI models work out what the change means for the integration logic, minimizing human intervention.

Step 03Review

Iterative reviewEach integration update is checked for accuracy and functionality before it ships.

Step 04Ship

Updated integrationThe platform keeps pace with the provider, without a maintenance team on standby.

The Outcome

Integration time cut from 20 to under 5 business days

Embracing a GenDD approach quickly transformed complex integration challenges into a scalable, cost-efficient solution. By integrating automated maintenance capabilities and continuously iterating on customer feedback, the project met its aggressive timeline and enhanced the platform's overall value proposition for enterprise customers.

For organizations facing the challenges of managing complex, ever-changing systems, the GenDD approach offers a breakthrough that shortens development time, cuts ongoing support costs, and delivers an outstanding customer experience.

Integration effortBusiness days, estimated

Per integrationTraditional vs GenDD

Traditional20 days GenDD<5 days

The 20 business days figure is the team's estimate of the traditional effort; the GenDD result came in under 5 business days.

Robust integrations

Streamlined processes delivered robust integrations supporting platform goals.

Leaner maintenance

Automation greatly reduced maintenance staffing needs.

Customer experience

Exceptional customer experiences, delivered through iterative feedback.

Timeline met

The aggressive timeline was met, enhancing the platform's value proposition for enterprise customers.

Dozens of integrations needed, each an estimated 20 business days of effort

Frequent external API updates demanding hands-on maintenance

An aggressive timeline for an MVP enterprise customers would trust

Key Stats

The delivery gain

20business days

estimated effort per integration with traditional development

<5business days

with Generative-Driven Development and Cursor

Technologies Used

The approach

Method

Generative-Driven Development™Cursor for full-stack developmentTraditional software development, combined

Maintenance

Automated AI analysis of API changesIterative review per integration update

Context

About the work

About ALTA AI

ALTA AI leverages cutting-edge machine learning to provide real-time insights into your IT ecosystem. We make it easy to unify your technology infrastructure, reduce inefficiencies, and unlock new levels of cost control, all from one platform. Learn more at alta-platform.com.

HatchWorks AI turns AI into ROI by automating key business processes, transforming data, deploying intelligent agents, and shipping AI-powered products that deliver measurable results. Its proprietary Generative-Driven Development methodology is a repeatable path from idea to production, blending AI, agents, and engineering to ship faster with less risk.