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Case Study

Enabled go to market in half the time with scalable app

Improve stability and speed-to-market for hub for wom*n in STEM

The Client

AdaMarie
[
weareadamarie.com
]

Description

Despite a significant investment with a previous vendor, the AdaMarie team was working long hours and was still an estimated 6 months out from its GA release.

Our developers and DevOps experts quickly stabilized their technical platform and go-to-market strategy — in half the time and for a fraction of the cost.

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Location & Size

Fewer than 10 employees
U.S.

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Services Provided

Software Delivery
DevOps

Impact Areas

  • GA application release
  • Platform stabilization
  • DevOps
  • CI/CD
  • Regression testing

The Mission

(we chose to accept it)

The Ada Marie team understood what it wanted, but lacked the engineering power to make it happen.

After a costly and disappointing experience with a previous vendor, the AdaMarie team was working long hours and was still an estimated 6 months out from its GA release.

The team expressed concern about the app's fragility. It was difficult to make changes without breaking other areas of the app, and the auth flow was considered unstable.

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The Fix

Test Double brought 3 experienced consultants to the team to increase developer velocity, stabilize the application and bust through tough decisions on tech debt.

Our consultants embedded with the AdaMarie team to:

  • Add Cypress tests to cover all user flows, reducing the cost of manual testing
  • Rewrite and updated unit tests to create a dependable regression test suite
  • Lead DevOps assessment to identify security risks and increase delivery frequency
  • Provide developer-led onboarding for new engineering hires
  • Establish deployment and debugging workflows for existing AWS Amplify implementation
  • Provide guidance on best practices for deployments, regression testing, code-review process, and collaborative development activities

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CONSULTANTS

3

Tech & Techniques

  • Front-end TypeScript
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Amplify
  • ECS
  • Docker

The Results

Test Double consultants quickly stabilized the client's technical platform and go-to-market strategy — in half the time and for a fraction of the cost.

The AdaMarie development team can now safely and confidently release new features, establishing a sustainable engineering culture without the burnout.

Along the way, our consultants also implemented cost-monitoring solutions to alert on billing changes and infrastructure usage anomalies.

Among the results we drove:

  • Condensed GA release timeline in half—from 6 to 3 months
  • Improved infrastructure to enable regular, safe releases of new functionality
  • Identified abuse vector, provided security partner referral, and implemented infrastructure cost monitoring
  • Onboarded 3 new engineering hires, who shipped code within 48 hours
  • Trusted as a delivery partner, helping engineering leadership to focus on strategic future of technology, and promote management from internal team
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Condense General Availability release time in half from 6 to 3 months

Improve infrastructure to enable regular, safe releases of new functionality

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Identify abuse vector & security referral, implement infrastructure cost monitoring

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Enable engineering leadership to focus on strategic tech future

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Onboard 3 new engineers, who shipped code within 48 hours

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Scalable & Maintainable
We're not only building this fast, we're building it RIGHT. We're building it to be scalable and highly maintainable while also striking a balance between current optimization and premature optimization.
Katie White
AdaMarie

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