In modern software development, there's a persistent, frustrating gap between a great idea and a production-ready application. Developers spend countless hours wrestling with infrastructure, writing boilerplate code for APIs, managing server configurations, and orchestrating complex services. The core business logic—the part that actually delivers value—often gets buried under layers of technical debt and complexity.
What if we could close that gap? What if we could express entire business processes directly in code, making them versionable, testable, and instantly deployable as robust services? This is the promise of Business-as-Code, a paradigm shift that treats business logic as the primary artifact of development. And platforms like Functions.do are making it a reality.
Think about a common business task: scoring a new sales lead. The logic might be simple:
If company size > 100 and they have a budget, the score is high.
But to turn this into a software service, you traditionally need to:
The core business rule becomes a tiny fraction of the total code and effort. This infrastructural overhead slows down innovation, increases maintenance costs, and makes it difficult to adapt to changing business requirements.
Business-as-Code is an approach where business rules, processes, and workflows are defined and executed as software. Instead of being documented in spreadsheets or diagrams that become quickly outdated, the business logic is the code—executable, self-documented, and integrated directly into your software delivery lifecycle.
This model provides tremendous advantages:
This is where Functions.do comes in. We built an agentic workflow platform from the ground up to enable Business-as-Code. Our philosophy is simple: transform your business logic into typesafe, production-ready APIs without the boilerplate.
We provide a managed framework that turns your functions into independent, intelligent "agents" that perform specific tasks. You write the core logic, and our platform handles the rest.
Consider that lead scoring example again. With Functions.do, the entire implementation is clean, readable, and focused.
import { Function } from 'functions.do';
// Define the input type for your function
interface Lead {
companySize: number;
industry: string;
hasBudget: boolean;
}
// Create a function agent to represent the business process
const scoreLead = Function<Lead>('score-lead-v1');
// Execute the function with typesafe inputs
const { score, reason } = await scoreLead({
companySize: 250,
industry: 'SaaS',
hasBudget: true,
});
console.log(`Lead Score: ${score}/100 - ${reason}`);
In this snippet, the score-lead-v1 function agent encapsulates the entire business service. There's no server setup, no API routing, no manual validation—just a clear, typesafe function call.
Functions.do is more than just a function runner; it's a platform for building sophisticated, code-driven workflows. Two core principles make this possible: typesafety and composability.
What does it mean for a function to be 'typesafe'? Our platform leverages your TypeScript definitions (or schemas from other languages) to automatically validate every function's input and guarantee the shape of its output. This isn't just a developer convenience—it's a cornerstone of reliability.
A single function is useful, but the real power comes from combining them. With Functions.do, you can chain functions together to create complex agentic workflows. Each function acts as an autonomous agent that performs one step of a larger business process.
For example, a new user signup workflow could be composed of three distinct agents:
Our platform manages the state, execution order, and error handling between these functions, allowing you to build resilient, multi-step business services with simple, composable code.
While you could build something similar on FaaS providers like AWS Lambda or Google Cloud Functions, you'd be responsible for building the framework yourself. FaaS gives you the compute environment; Functions.do gives you the managed, agentic framework to turn entire business services into software.
We abstract away the underlying infrastructure and the orchestration layer. You don’t need to configure API Gateways, manage state between function calls, or write custom validation logic. You simply define your typesafe functions, connect your Git repo, and let our platform deploy, version, and expose them as secure, scalable services.
The future of software development lies in abstracting away complexity so that teams can deliver value faster. By embracing Business-as-Code, you empower your developers to translate business needs directly into reliable, scalable software.
Ready to stop writing boilerplate and start building code that matters?
Explore Functions.do and transform your business logic into production-ready APIs today.