JustWC infrastructure recovery

Taking over a struggling B2B web app, cleaning up the code and reducing infrastructure costs from €75 to €18 per month.

project recoveryAWSTerraform

Client

JustWC

Duration

Ongoing collaboration

Service

Project recovery

Impact

76% lower infrastructure cost

Project

JustWCconnectsmobileprofessionalssuchasdeliverydrivers,private-hiredriversandfieldtechnicianswithnearbytoiletsandwaterpointsthroughaticket-basedwebapp.Theproductconceptwassound;thetechnicalexecutionwasnot.

Theproduct,customersandGitHubrepositoryalreadyexisted.Technicalcontactschangedregularlyandrequestsmovedtooslowly.OurauditalsoidentifiedoversizedAWSinfrastructureandseveralsecurityissues.

Approach

Technical audit

We reviewed code, dependencies, security and AWS sizing before prioritising changes that matched the budget.

Code clean-up and documentation

We commented and refactored priority areas, fixed bugs and addressed identified security issues.

Infrastructure rightsizing

We rightsized AWS resources and replaced manual infrastructure work with Terraform.

Technical solution

Rightsizing the infrastructure, stabilising the code and adding monitoring reduced costs while making future work easier to understand.

Mastering the complexity

Infrastructure costs reduced from €75 to €18 per month, a 76% saving.

Reproducible, version-controlled infrastructure managed with Terraform.

Sentry for errors and Amplitude for product usage analysis.

Impact

Lower costs, greater clarity and faster iterations

76%Infrastructure cost reduction

3CUB3 members involved as needed

OngoingMaintenance and product changes