Bespoke SaaS Infrastructure for Product Visualization
Case Study: Xenbuild
Xenbuild partnered with Melt Studio to accelerate the development of a software visualization platform that turns complex system architectures into intuitive, interactive maps. The collaboration focused on delivering a robust front-end experience that supports real-time insight into APIs, user flows, and data interactions—empowering product teams to understand their systems holistically.
THE CHALLENGE
Visualizing Systems Without Writing Code
Xenbuild needed to simplify how product teams and engineers understand their application architecture—without diving into raw code or fragmented documentation. The challenge: deliver a frontend UI capable of mapping relationships across APIs, interfaces, and user flows while remaining responsive, modular, and easy to maintain.
INITIAL STATE
OUR SOLUTION
Interactive Frontend for Mapping APIs and User Flows
Requirements
Simplification
Our priority was to reduce friction for end users by designing a UI layer that maps technical components—screens, APIs, and flows—into a clear, visual canvas without requiring code or database queries.
Application
Building
Using a React-based framework, our team implemented interactive components that render dynamic relationships between elements. The architecture supports scalable updates and integrates with Xenbuild’s proprietary logic.
Prototype
Release
We delivered a responsive prototype with complete UI coverage and embedded demo data. This allowed the Xenbuild team to test product flows, validate user scenarios, and define future feature sets with clarity.
DELIVER STATE
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
Foundational UI Delivered, Ready for Product Expansion
With the prototype in place, Xenbuild gained momentum in investor conversations and internal roadmap planning. Melt’s modular UI approach now enables fast iteration and confident scale-up as the platform evolves from prototype to live product.
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Dustin Conrad
Returns On Demand
I feel like our team at Melt is part of our company not just another outsourced service, they are committed to helping us be successful.
January 23, 2025
Sebastien Gouin-Davis
Amatis
let me know if i can support, but i have no skin in the game.
also, if you were to bless it, i could post it (so that it's not coming from you guys) and just say something like
"These are people that I've worked with for 5 years and have become good friends with. They are doing this radical thing and it seemed like the kind of thing that could help this community. I asked Michael to bless me posting this, but this is unrelated to Establish.
I am also happy to hop on a call or slack with anyone who might be interested but looking for references or even just guidance on app development side."
but also you can just say "naw, it muddies the waters" and I'll shut up 😛
I may just have him do a talk for everyone
Sounds really great
oh that would be really cool
He has a great deck about how it's better to go to the grocery store and buy buns and tomatoes and lettuce to make burgers, and focus your energy on the "secret sauce" - where most startups spend all their time becoming tomato farmers.
February 3, 2025
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