Migrating a PHP monolith to Go microservices
Logistics platform rewritten in Go, with 55% better performance and 20% lower infrastructure cost.
- Role
- Squad tech lead
- Period
- 2020 – 2022
- Stack
- GoPHPMySQLDocker
Context
A logistics tech startup ran its whole operation on a PHP monolith that could no longer keep up with its growing user base.
What was done
- Gradual migration from the monolith to Go microservices without stopping operations.
- 55% better performance and 20% lower infrastructure cost.
- The platform handled 3x user growth with zero downtime.
- Led a squad of 4 junior developers through onboarding, code reviews and mentoring.