Engineering Efficiency: 10x Faster Builds & Full TypeScript Migration
Scaling Frontend Infrastructure: From Bottlenecks to 10x Performance In this project, I spearheaded a critical infrastructure overhaul for a software startup. The goal was twofold: to eliminate debilitating build times and to move away from a fragile JavaScript codebase towards a robust, type-safe architecture. The Challenge As the startup’s codebase grew, the existing build system (based on traditional bundlers like Webpack) became a significant bottleneck. Development Latency: Cold starts and Hot Module Replacement (HMR) were taking over 2 minutes, disrupting the developer’s flow. Production Risks: The lack of static typing in the legacy JavaScript code led to frequent runtime errors and made refactoring a high-risk activity. CI/CD Overhead: Deployment pipelines were slow, delaying the time-to-market for new features. Strategic Solution 1. Build System Transformation with esbuild I replaced the legacy build pipeline with esbuild, a next-generation bundler written in Go. Unlike JavaScript-based bundlers, esbuild leverages heavy parallelism and efficient memory management. ...