Optimising for maintainability – Gleam in production at Strand
13 days ago
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- Strand is a London-based marketing agency specializing in copywriting and content creation for large enterprise tech companies.
- The company transitioned from manual financial tracking to a new financial management system, which became critical during remote work shifts.
- Strand adopted Gleam for its robustness, maintainability, and developer-friendly features, ensuring reliability and scalability.
- Gleam's safety features and the BEAM runtime platform provide fault tolerance, preventing crashes and ensuring continuous operation.
- The language's simplicity and modern features, along with access to a vast ecosystem of libraries, make it practical and efficient.
- Gleam's developer tools, including error messages and autocomplete, enhance productivity and ease of use.
- Strand incrementally adopted Gleam, starting with one service and expanding its use due to positive outcomes.
- The Gleam codebase has been stable, with no crashes, and the BEAM platform ensures uninterrupted service.
- Gleam's simplicity and tooling maintain code clarity and ease of maintenance, even after periods of inactivity.
- Strand's successful adoption of Gleam demonstrates its value as a reliable, low-maintenance solution for production environments.