Sneakersnstuff — From monolith to microservices without stopping sales

From monolith to microservices without stopping sales

We moved the Stockholm-born sneaker retailer from a monolith to a microservice platform: a PWA storefront synced with the mobile app and an 18-month phased migration with zero downtime.

MicroservicesPWAMobile appMigration Sweden · EU
— 01 The project

Sneakersnstuff in numbers

Fashion · Sneakers · Sweden · EU

18 mo
phased migration
24/7
sales never stopped
iOS + Android
shared data with the web
— 02 The challenge

What had to
be solved

01

Peak load

Limited-edition drops brought the monolith down.

02

Slow change

Every new feature required changes across the whole system.

03

Web and app

Cart, wishlist and orders had to match on the site and in the app.

04

No downtime

The move could not stop sales.

— 03 The solution

What we
did

01

Audit

Architecture, performance and code of the existing system.

02

Microservice design

A new ecosystem split into consecutive migration stages.

03

PWA storefront

A fast storefront that feels like a native app.

04

Sync with the app

Cart, wishlist and order history are shared between web and mobile.

05

Personalization

A product recommendation system.

06

Monitoring

Proactive monitoring in New Relic from day one.

Stack
PWAMicroservicesNew ReliciOSAndroid
— 04 The results

What the client
got

A new platform

Microservices instead of a monolith, without stopping the business.

Ready for drops

Limited releases no longer take the site down.

One experience

Website and app work with the same data.

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