Migrating our Web App from Heroku to GCP
Replit has completed its migration from Heroku to Google Cloud Platform to better support its mission of onboarding new software creators. The process involved several stages, including prototyping, migrating Postgres and Redis databases to GCP, and finally moving the front-end application. The migration required meticulous planning and multiple practice runs to minimize user downtime, with two 15-minute maintenance windows used to switch over the databases. AI
IMPACT Minimal direct impact on AI operations; focuses on web application infrastructure migration.