Case Study: Playwire rebuilds a decade-old Rails app in TypeScript with Encore

Playwire cuts deployment time from 25 minutes to 5 with Encore

Playwire, an ad tech company, needed to replace a decade-old Ruby on Rails application with a modern TypeScript backend. Their challenge was to undertake this major rebuild without diverting their DevOps team from its existing roadmap, which would have required a separate one to two month infrastructure project for Kubernetes and CI/CD setup. They chose to rebuild their platform using Encore's backend development platform.

By using Encore, Playwire's engineering team was able to immediately start building and deploying to AWS without waiting for infrastructure work. The solution provided a local development workflow, generated type-safe clients, and created preview environments for every pull request. As a result, Encore helped Playwire cut deployment times from 25 minutes to just 5, enabled Ruby engineers to become productive in TypeScript within a single sprint, and eliminated the need for dedicated DevOps resources on the project over 18 months later.

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