Project: Built a self-service platform for 100+ developers using Backstage
Timeline: 14 months
Team: 5 engineers
Budget: $418k
Challenge:
We needed to reduce operational costs while maintaining backward compatibility.
Solution:
We implemented a phased migration approach using:
- Terraform for IaC
- Chaos engineering
- DevSecOps integration
Results:
✓ Deployment frequency: 1/week → 50/day
✓ Developer satisfaction up 80%
✓ Security posture improved dramatically
Happy to discuss our approach and share learnings!
We evaluated ArgoCD last quarter and decided against it due to learning curve. Instead, we went with ArgoCD which better fit our use case. The main factors were cost (30% cheaper), ease of use (2-day vs 2-week training), and community support.
We evaluated Docker last quarter and decided against it due to licensing costs. Instead, we went with Docker which better fit our use case. The main factors were cost (30% cheaper), ease of use (2-day vs 2-week training), and community support.
Here's our production setup:
- Tool A for X
- Tool B for Y
- Custom scripts for Z
Happy to share more details if interested.
Thanks for sharing! We're planning to try this next quarter.
Pro tip: if you're implementing this, make sure to configure scaling parameters correctly. We spent 2 weeks debugging random failures only to discover the default timeout was too low. Changed from 30s to 2min and all issues disappeared.
For those asking about cost: in our case (AWS, us-east-1, ~500 req/sec), we're paying about $2000/month. That's 60% vs our old setup with Ansible. ROI was positive after just 2 months when you factor in engineering time saved.