Throwing away 18 months of code and starting over

4 days ago

The team pivoted multiple times before settling on their current product, facing challenges with each pivot.
Initially, the team avoided writing tests to prioritize shipping fast, leading to a messy codebase and lost clients.
The decision to rewrite the product was driven by advancements in AI models, making previous sophisticated inspections unnecessary.
The team moved away from Next.js and Server Actions due to issues with testing, observability, and security vulnerabilities.
They adopted React with tRPC and a Hono backend, significantly reducing memory usage and improving performance.
For orchestration, the team chose Argo over other solutions due to its Kubernetes-native approach and reliability for their workflows.
The new approach involves Kubernetes jobs for stateful processes, despite the complexity, to ensure reliability and scalability.

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