Case Study: FiftyThree achieves faster issue resolution and deep Node.js performance visibility with New Relic

FiftyThree Brings Ideas to Life Using Node.js with New Relic

FiftyThree is the maker of Paper, an award‑winning iPad app used by millions for sketching, note‑taking, and sharing creative work. To power features like in‑app streams and Moleskine ordering, the team built a Node.js backend for its speed and unified JavaScript stack—but needed a robust performance‑monitoring solution to ensure the app delivered a consistently fast user experience.

FiftyThree adopted New Relic’s Node.js agent (starting with the pre‑beta) and used features like Transaction Traces, App Map, and customizable dashboards to trace root causes and see which external services were slowest. The result was faster, more actionable insight—quickly pinpointing problems and optimizing backend performance so Paper’s user experience could be reliably maintained.

FiftyThree

Aseem Kishore

Developer