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Challenge

Software that couldn't keep up

The existing system was slow, fragile and risky to change — every release took weeks and broke something.

Objectives

What we set out to achieve

A modern, maintainable platform that scales with users and the team.

• <200msAPI response
• WeeklyReleases
• 80%+Test coverage

Strategy

Modernise without stopping the business

We broke the work into small, shippable increments and migrated module by module behind feature flags.

Solution

Clean architecture, automated delivery

A modular codebase, documented APIs, automated tests and CI/CD — with monitoring that catches problems before users do.

Technology

The stack behind it

Chosen for reliability, speed and easy ownership by the client team.

• LaLaravel
• NoNode.js
• ReReact
• MyMySQL
• ReRedis
• DoDocker
• AWAWS
• GiGitHub Actions

Implementation

16 weeks, four phases

Weekly demos kept the client team involved at every step.

1. Weeks 1–3Discovery & architectureCode audit, domain model, plan.
2. Weeks 4–11BuildModules, APIs, admin tools.
3. Weeks 12–14QA & securityTesting, load and penetration tests.
4. Weeks 15–16LaunchMigration, monitoring, handover.

Results

Faster, safer, ready to scale

120ms Response, and the team now ships improvements every week with confidence.