Case Study
How We Transformed RetailCo’s E-Commerce Platform for Black Friday
Aman Sharma••5 min read
## The Challenge
RetailCo was losing millions every Black Friday due to website crashes. Their monolithic PHP system couldn't scale, and CDN was misconfigured.
## Our Approach
1. **Migrated to Next.js + AWS**
2. **Implemented Redis caching**
3. **Used PostgreSQL with read replicas**
4. **Auto-scaling with Kubernetes**
## Results
- 300% traffic capacity
- 40% faster load time
- 25% higher conversions
> _"Best decision we made in 10 years."_ – CTO, RetailCo