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Built by Real People
for Real Business

Alaxis Software is fully owned and operated by Greg Thompson. No venture capitalists. No outside investors. No one telling us what to build or when to ship.

Why Independence Matters

Being free from outside investors allows us to do things that other software companies simply cannot:

Take our time with development and get it right
Integrate thoughtful features into a simple, easy-to-understand interface
Avoid artificial deadlines that force buggy, half-tested releases
Say "no" to business deals and ideas that don't benefit you, the user
Stay true to our word and not sell out for arbitrary quarterly targets
Focus on you — the small business owner and solopreneur

The Alaxis Development Philosophy

Most software companies optimize for one thing: control. Control of your data, your workflow, your upgrades, your monthly bill.

We're building iTask with the opposite goal: sovereignty for the small business owner — especially the solopreneur who doesn't have a CTO, a compliance team, or time to babysit fragile tools.

1

You should be able to run your business without asking permission

iTask is designed so you can:

Run it solo on a single Mac
Self-host for your team and clients
Or use Alaxis-hosted services as a fallback, not a requirement

Your business should not collapse because someone else's server had a bad day.

2

Your data belongs to you. Always.

We treat portability as a core trust guarantee:

If iTask can import it, it can import it from standard formats (CSV/JSON + your real files)
If iTask can create it, you can export it in standard formats with a clean, predictable folder structure
A full iTask instance should be movable with a single encrypted bundle

We want onboarding, backups, and migration to be boring — and easy.

3

Pricing should be fair, legible, and non-punishing

We reject the idea that every tool must become a forever-subscription. Our intent is simple:

Pay a one-time per-seat license
Get all point updates within that major version (e.g., 1.5 → 1.9)
Upgrading to the next major version is your choice

We'll keep the core product useful for as long as we reasonably can.

4

Stability and speed beat novelty

Modern software too often confuses "more" with "better." We take releases seriously:

We add features when they meaningfully improve the work
We avoid bloat for its own sake
We optimize for responsiveness, clarity, and trust

Software should feel like a well-built tool, not an endlessly shifting platform.

5

Upgrades are optional — until reality makes them necessary

We don't pretend backward compatibility can last forever. Sometimes operating systems change. Dependencies change. Security requirements change. Architecture must evolve. When we must make a breaking change, we do it with respect:

Clear versioning
Migration tooling
Documented exports
Minimal disruption
6

Open standards, not captive ecosystems

The Alaxis Protocol exists for one reason: interoperability without custody. Economic participation in a network should not require giving up control of your business or your data. If you want to plug into a broader ecosystem, you can. If you don't, iTask still stands on its own.

What We Will Never Do

These are our hard commitments. Lines we will not cross.

Hold your data hostage

If iTask can store it, you can export it in standard formats with a predictable structure.

Force you into the cloud

Self-hosting and offline-first operation are first-class; Alaxis hosting is an option, not a requirement.

Trap you in a forever subscription

We won't turn basic business operations into a monthly toll booth.

Ship feature bloat to look "innovative"

We won't bolt on half-baked features that slow the product down and make it harder to trust.

Break your workflow casually

When change is necessary, we'll version clearly, provide migrations, and minimize disruption.

Design dark patterns

No nagging, no coercive upgrade prompts, no "accidental" lock-in, no manipulative UI.

Make iTask dependent on external services

Your business should keep running even if the internet doesn't.

Treat small businesses as second-class

We won't optimize for enterprise at the expense of the solopreneur.

Focus On What Matters

The average user values things that corporate types seem to have either forgotten or simply stopped caring about:

Stability

Can I rely on and trust this system with my livelihood?

Speed

Does it start fast and feel responsive when I click?

Functionality

Can I do my work quickly without the software getting in my way?

Affordability

Is this company one I can trust to deliver without robbing me?

The dominant trend today is big companies trying to rake in as much as they can from corporate enterprise clients while leaving the normal individual user in the dust. We reject this philosophy. We must give power and autonomy back to the small and medium business owner — especially to the lonely solopreneur.

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