Sol has long relied on 3rd party software and services for maintaining its digital infrastructure securely and effectively. This has led to us spending money on software licenses, servers lacking important security features, and more. As we solidify our vision of becoming a company that truly helps to shape the future, we have developed our own proprietary software and infrastructure for managing our digital infrastructure, including our website. In addition, we also aim on creating a digital unified portal for Sol University and all of its services, via Python/Django.
Becoming a technology company of maximum coordination, beauty, and simplicity requires us to have control over as many aspects of our company as possible, and our own infrastructure is a big part of that. This is why we are writing our own software to manage our infrastructure, rather than continuing to lease 3rd party junk and bloated software that we have no direct control over.
When we fully control every part of our company, we can design each aspect with a sharp focus on how it interacts with the rest. As an example, for our Solara computer brand, this means building the hardware and software from the ground up with each side tailored to work seamlessly with the other. So, when we’re programming low-level features for the Solara operating system, we can make specific, targeted adjustments to the hardware, enhancing performance through this direct alignment.
Other companies, for example, Windows computer companies (like HP, Dell, Lenovo, etc), directly rely on a billion different pieces of software and hardware made by a billion different companies. HP cannot develop their own operating system with specific functions and components of their hardware in mind, because the hardware isn't theirs; almost every component in an HP computer is made by another company. The operating system they use (Windows) is also not theirs. This lack of control leads to inefficiencies and a disconnected user experience. By building our own infrastructure, we avoid these pitfalls and ensure that every part of our company works in harmony to achieve our mission.