LIMS Design & Architecture
Turning messy laboratory processes and business rules into something a LIMS can actually run.
Independent software studio
PaiIT
Apps built with care, caffeine, and mild panic.
Independent software studio and LIMS consultancy in Portugal. Laboratory systems by day, native apps by night.
Health tracking, studio tools, tower defence. Software that respects your time, privacy and attention.
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Professional services
Serious laboratory systems. Slightly less serious website.
I'm Pavith Ramkelawon, an independent Senior LIMS Consultant with 14+ years in laboratory software for regulated, scientific environments. The kind where a typo in a workflow actually matters.
Requirements, architecture, configuration, development, integrations, upgrades, production support. The tools change. The goal does not: make complicated lab processes reliable, understandable and usable by real people wearing lab coats.
Instruments
ERP
Mobile
Analytics
External Services
Abstract workflow. Your lab, your rules, fewer spreadsheets.
Capabilities
End-to-end LIMS work
One experienced consultant. No slide decks featuring stock photos of pipettes.
Configuration & Development
Workflows, interfaces, automation, reports, dashboards and the custom bits vendors forgot to include.
Integrations
Connecting LIMS platforms with instruments, ERP systems, mobile workflows and external services.
Upgrades & Modernisation
Upgrades, legacy cleanup, technical remediation and modernisation without pretending the old system never happened.
Technical Leadership
Owning design decisions, coding standards and the hard conversations between lab staff, IT and vendors.
Independent Consulting
Senior help without the consultancy theatre or twelve people on a Zoom call to discuss a dropdown.
LIMS selection, implementation or rescue mission? Get in touch. Replies come from a human who has actually configured a workflow.
Engineering
Two worlds. One technical obsession.
One studio, two very different kinds of work. Enterprise LIMS on one side. Native product engineering on the other. The stack changes. The stubbornness about usability does not.
CONSULTING
Enterprise laboratory systems
Independent LIMS consulting for regulated labs. Deep LabWare experience, plus work across other major commercial platforms.
Workflow overview
Instruments
ERP / SAP
Mobile workflows
Analytics
External services
Reporting
$ describe --service lims-consulting
→ LabWare depth across enterprise laboratory environments.
→ Focus: workflows, integrations, architecture, modernisation.
→ Delivery model: independent, hands-on, low on PowerPoint.
Web design & development
Websites that do not look like they were built during lunch.
Fast, custom-built websites for consultants, small businesses and digital products. Polished, fast, and free of the usual template-shaped sadness.
From a simple professional presence to a full product site. Each one is built around the actual business, not wedged into a generic theme because it was on sale.
A focused custom service from an independent studio. Not a large agency. Not a slide deck with seventeen account managers.
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Brand
CTAMore
Design
Build
Launch
Ready to talk?Contact
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Custom Design
Layouts built around the brand and the job the site needs to do, not around whatever the theme demo looked like.
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Responsive Development
Works on desktop, tablet and phone without the usual 'pinch and hope' mobile experience.
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Performance & Accessibility
Fast pages, semantic HTML, keyboard support and the kind of usability you notice when it is missing.
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Product & App Websites
Landing pages, support pages, privacy policies, terms and App Store copy that reads like a human wrote it.
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Professional Portfolios
For consultants and independents who need to look credible without sounding like a Fortune 500 press release.
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Ongoing Improvements
Updates, new sections, content changes and the small fixes that pile up after launch.
Technical approach
Next.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSStatic hostingModern responsive designSEO foundationsAccessible UIAnalytics integration when requested
WordPress is available when it genuinely makes sense. It is not installed by reflex.
context switch
$ switch-context --from enterprise-lims --to side-projects
→ regulated workflows: stable
→ consulting mode: active
→ spare-time judgement: questionable
→ loading apps and games...
Applications
Independent productsSerious day job. Questionable side projects.
LIMS consulting pays the bills. These are the apps, fitness tools and games I build when I apparently still think there is not enough software in the world.
PaiOS
Health tracking that stays on your phone
Personal health, fitness and goals. HealthKit data, useful charts, and a retro UI that does not get in the way.
PaiFit
Studio management without the chaos
For trainers and studio owners. Clients, workouts, schedules, measurements. One place instead of five spreadsheets.
Gem TD
Defend. Build. Regret your maze.
Mobile tower defence with gems, heroes, maze building and the kind of progression that keeps you up too late.
Community
Technology for a good cause.
PaiIT exists because of a lifelong love of animals. When time and workload allow, I contribute skills to projects that genuinely improve the lives of animals. No stock photos of smiling volunteers required.
Organisations I sometimes help
- Animal shelters
- Rescue organisations
- Wildlife rehabilitation projects
- Animal welfare charities
What that might include
- Websites
- Mobile applications
- Internal tools
- Automation
- Technical advice
- Small software projects
When I can offer my time
- It aligns with my skills
- I genuinely believe in the organisation
- My consulting and product commitments leave enough time
Part of a registered animal rescue or welfare organisation and think I might be able to help? Get in touch. I cannot promise every project will be possible, but I am always happy to have the conversation.
Tell me about your organisation
Helping where I can, one project at a time.
Contact
Let's build something useful.
LIMS consulting, product work, app support, or a reasonable excuse to talk about laboratory systems. Pick an enquiry type and say hello.
Taking on selected LIMS consulting work
Philosophy
How I build
Principles behind every decision, from architecture to button colour.
Thoughtful design
Every screen has to earn its place. Clarity over clutter. Intention over 'we had an idea at 11pm'.
Privacy-conscious software
Your data is yours. Collect little, explain clearly, default to sensible.
Useful features over unnecessary complexity
If it does not help someone do something real, it does not ship. Sounds obvious. Worth repeating.
High-quality native experiences
Mobile apps should feel at home on the device. Responsive, tactile, respectful of platform conventions.
Occasional overengineering for emotional fulfilment
Sometimes a feature exists because building it was genuinely fun. I try to be honest about which ones those are.
Small studio means personal attention, straight answers, and the occasional 2 a.m. tweak because something did not feel quite right. Coffee consumed: stopped counting. Cats supervising: 3.
In memory of Pai
A small cat with a surprisingly large legacy
PaiIT is named after Pai, a small green-eyed cat who left behind a surprisingly large legacy. Every app carries a little of her curiosity, stubbornness and excellent supervision.
The remaining feline executive team continues to oversee development, mostly from comfortable surfaces and occasionally by walking across keyboards at critical moments.