Supporting Nodalview’s growth: Scaling with DevOps and Kubernetes<br>
2025-04-25
One day, you’ll want to scale – and develop your platform efficiently. The question is: do you invest in an in-house DevOps and Platform team, or opt for outsourcing? LemonSwan chose the latter, seeking operational excellence, peace of mind, and guidance… paving the way for easier growth.
LemonSwan is not an average dating app, matchmaking it is! The platform was designed specifically for one group: singles with serious intentions. Founded in Germany and developed with the expertise of psychologist Dr. Peter Michael Bak, it upholds high standards to ensure a secure and comprehensive matchmaking experience.
At LemonSwan, matchmaking is considered a serious, human-centred endeavour, enhanced by technology. Through a SaaS matchmaking platform, users can connect with each other. The company originally started with just one developer behind the scenes. But as success grows, so does the need to scale. This sparked the search for a skilled external partner, which ultimately brought Skyscrapers into the fold.
“We were indeed looking for a scalable solution”, says Devin Gray, CTO of LemonSwan. “We wanted to grow our user base while ensuring the stability, scalability, security, and operational excellence of our platform. Skyscrapers was recommended to us by one of our partners. We had outsourced before, but the results were disappointing. Mostly a waste of time. With Skyscrapers, it was peace of mind from day one.”
Devin Gray, CTO of LemonSwan
What is the collaboration about? “Skyscrapers introduced us to containerization and Kubernetes as a way to evolve our cloud platform and streamline our operations”, Devin continues. “By leveraging Kubernetes – an open-source system that automates operational tasks – we are certain that our applications are consistently running and easily scaled. This is crucial for maintaining high availability and performance. Our software development life cycle has also evolved as well, thanks to Skyscrapers experts’ advice. . That approach aligns with our growth ambitions, allowing us to scale our cloud platform seamlessly as we expand.”
LemonSwan’s matchmaking app runs on our AWS environment and is based on the proven Skyscrapers Reference Developer Platform for SaaS. Some implemented solutions include CI/CD integration, Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, and full observability and monitoring.
Devin Gray: “The cooperation with Skyscrapers brings several benefits. Their expertise ensures an in-depth understanding of our unique challenges and business needs. With a shared service model, we benefit from a broad experience. The implementation was quick and resolved the initial issues we were facing swiftly. We now have a scalable cloud platform that can maintain itself. Our developers get all the support they require. Reliability and optimisation are assured.”
Whether you’re a SaaS startup, scale-up, or any other organisation developing a digital product, the significance of an efficient development team cannot be emphasized enough. Implementing robust DevOps practices and utilizing cloud-based Internal Developer Platforms is the perfect foundation for growth. LemonSwan is already experiencing the advantages. Also interested?
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