Code takeoverConsultingSnowPlanner2026
SnowPlanner, taking over snow management software
SnowPlanner helps ski resorts manage snow and grooming machines. We took over the software, audited the code and made the whole chain reliable, from the on-board unit to the server.
- The need
- The software already ran in several resorts, but GPS data got lost between the groomer and the server and the project depended on a former supplier. IMAGINA, its publisher, needed a team able to take over the code and set it straight.
- What we built
- A takeover audit with estimates for the fix, the target and maintenance
- An acknowledgement protocol between the groomer unit and the server
- Persistent storage on the unit that resumes after a power cut
- A tool to replay data frames and test without a groomer
- A new snow depth calculation and fuel fill-up logging
- How we worked
- In the mountains, 4G drops without warning. We numbered every frame to spot missing ones, added acknowledgements and safe writes to the unit memory so no data gets lost. We meet IMAGINA every week, test on site and advise them on hardware, down to pricing a new circuit board.
- Technologies
- MicroPython
- Python
- FastAPI
- RabbitMQ
- PostgreSQL
- PostGIS
- Vue.js
- Kubernetes
- The result
- The new unit code has been rolling out to every client resort since October 2026. Data collection no longer depends on the former supplier, and the new board we studied would cost about 40 % less than the current one.
