Case Study: Brivity modernizes its platform and accelerates development with ShakaCode

Brivity speeds test suite runtime by nearly 60% with Shakacode

Brivity, an all-in-one real estate platform, faced significant challenges with an aging codebase built on obsolete technologies. This led to performance issues, a slow CI, and an expanding time-to-market for new features that threatened the company's balance sheet. To address this, they partnered with vendor Shakacode to migrate from a server-side rendered monolith to a modern single-page application using React on Rails.

Shakacode implemented a risk-minimizing plan that included increasing test coverage, introducing modern tools like Storybook, and migrating complex CSS to reusable Tailwind-based components. The solution resulted in a vastly improved user experience, accelerated feature delivery, and a nearly 60% faster test suite runtime. This technical transformation contributed to the success of Brivity's parent company, which secured a $100 million Series A round and achieved a valuation of over $1 billion.

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