Web Development
Performance & Optimization
Media & Publishing
Headless Migration for a High-Traffic News Portal
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Problem
A regional news portal with 800,000 monthly visitors was crashing repeatedly during breaking news traffic spikes, with TTFB averaging 3.2 seconds and Core Web Vitals in the failing range.
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Solution
We migrated to a headless architecture with Next.js using Incremental Static Regeneration, Sanity CMS, and a Node.js API layer. Article pages were statically generated and served from CDN edge nodes.
Measurable Impact
What changed after launch
Time To First Byte reduced from 3.2 seconds to 180 milliseconds
Zero downtime during two major breaking news events driving 3x normal traffic
Server infrastructure costs reduced by 55%
Editorial publish-to-live time reduced from 4 minutes to under 60 seconds
