A sweets house founded in 1835, now run on software built for its third century.

A mithai house whose recipes go back to the Mughal court. Its first shop opened in Delhi in 1835 and its flagship in Karachi in 1947. Today it sells from branches across Karachi and ships worldwide, from a single box to a wedding order.

That a counter run on nearly two centuries of habit could move onto software without losing what made it work.

We spent time with the owners before writing anything, learning how the counter, the stockroom, and the books actually worked, then built to fit that.

1. 01

   Sales & POS

   sell(item, qty)

   Billing shaped around the counter as the staff already ran it, not around a template's idea of a shop.

2. 02

   Inventory

   stock.adjust()

   Stock kept in the same system as the sales, so what was sold and what is left are one set of numbers.

3. 03

   Database

   records.keep()

   One set of records for the whole business, kept in-house and owned by the business.