CatamaranGo
From single DevOps dependency to a reliable, secure infrastructure
Early-stage marketplace startup
COO
Company
CatamaranGo
Stage
Role speaking
The situation
At an early stage, CatamaranGo relied on a single full-stack developer based in the US. He was responsible
for backend development and DevOps at the same time.
At first, this felt efficient.
In reality, it became a critical business risk.
for backend development and DevOps at the same time.
At first, this felt efficient.
In reality, it became a critical business risk.
What went wrong
When the developer left
the project, the team discovered major gaps
the project, the team discovered major gaps
The infrastructure depended entirely on one person. The first DDoS attack took the server down completely. Development stalled while the team tried to recover what had been built.
No backup or secondary server
No automated backups
No staging environment
No security hardening or monitoring
No disaster recovery plan
No way to review or validate DevOps decisions
The result
Stable and predictable infrastructure
Safe testing before production releases
Backups and recovery processes in place
No dependency on a single individual
Faster development with higher confidence
COO feedback
Before this, we didn’t even realize how risky our setup was.
Everything depended on one person, and we had no way
to verify what was done.Once managed DevOps
was introduced, the entire process changed. Today we are fully confident in our infrastructure.
Everything depended on one person, and we had no way
to verify what was done.Once managed DevOps
was introduced, the entire process changed. Today we are fully confident in our infrastructure.
How Soft Launch Technologies helped
We introduced managed DevOps as an independent layer between development and production. We helped CatamaranGo:
Design proper production and staging environments
Set up primary and fully backed-up secondary servers
Implement automated backups
Introduce staging → production deployment flow
Add basic security hardening and monitoring
Establish clear ownership and responsibility
Developers no longer worked in isolation — their work was reviewed and accepted by a professional DevOps team.
When the developer left the project,
the team discovered major gaps
the team discovered major gaps
The infrastructure depended entirely
on one person. The first DDoS attack took the server down completely. Development stalled while the team tried to recover what had been built.
on one person. The first DDoS attack took the server down completely. Development stalled while the team tried to recover what had been built.
