The existing CMS limits further development.
New page types, markets, or digital features require an increasing number of custom extensions
Platform Engineering
When every change becomes a project, the platform itself has become the bottleneck.
The website works. The customer portal is up and running. The CMS serves its purpose. Yet every major change becomes slower, more expensive, or riskier.
We modernize existing platforms, systematically eliminate technical dependencies, and develop architectures that can be evolved in a controlled manner.
Even a well-functioning platform can still block change.
Legacy isn't an age issue. It's a problem of adaptability.
Established CMS, web, and software environments rarely become unusable overnight. They lose their agility gradually.
New features require custom solutions. Integrations become fragile. Content and application logic are closely intertwined. International markets are mapped through additional instances or workarounds. Minor requirements trigger major coordination efforts.
Increasing development capacity only provides limited relief from these structural problems. As long as these dependencies persist, the effort required increases with every additional change.
When the platform itself becomes the problem.
A migration from TYPO3, Contao, WordPress, or Webflow is coming up.
The new architecture is intended to do more than simply replicate the existing system from a technical standpoint.
International websites are difficult to manage.
Countries, languages, products, and content are managed through parallel structures, and changes must be implemented multiple times.
Marketing and development are unnecessarily interdependent.
Even simple content, campaign, or market requirements require technical implementation.
Several systems must work together reliably.
CRM, PIM, ERP, product data, portals, and other applications require clear interfaces and clearly defined responsibilities.
A custom application needs to be modernized.
Ongoing operations should be maintained while technical debt and dependencies are gradually reduced.
We modernize in places where the architecture prevents change.
Not every platform needs to be completely replaced. We determine which components can remain and where structural changes are necessary.
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CMS and Platform Migrations
We migrate established CMS and web platforms to architectures that more clearly separate content, front end, and integrations. In doing so, we do not automatically carry over every historical special case.
Migration does not mean recreating the old system within the new stack.
This transition is an opportunity to reevaluate historical dependencies.
What content actually needs to be migrated? Which features are still in use? Which business logic belongs in the CMS and which does not? Which integrations should be retained, replaced, or restructured?
If you don’t answer these questions, you’re simply migrating technical debt to a new platform.
Technologies such as Sanity, Payload, Next.js, Remix, Astro, Supabase, or FastAPI can be part of the target architecture. What matters is not the stack on paper, but whether the architecture supports ongoing operations and future changes.
This is how we modernize production systems.
1. Understanding Existing Architecture
We document components, data models, integrations, business logic, and operational processes.
2. Identify dependencies
We identify the dependencies that unnecessarily complicate releases, integrations, or new requirements.
3. Define the Target Architecture
Clear boundaries are established for content, applications, interfaces, and data responsibility.
4. Sequencing Migration
Depending on the risk, we use parallel operation, a phased transition, or the migration of individual areas and user groups.
5. Develop and integrate
We develop the necessary applications and interfaces and migrate content, data, and functions in a controlled manner to the new structure.
6. Validate Operation
Performance, stability, deployment, and relevant integrations are tested under real-world conditions.
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Your platform doesn't have to be new. It just has to be adaptable.
When technical dependencies slow down releases, hinder teams, or make new requirements unnecessarily expensive, we assess what can be retained and where structural changes are needed.
Aleksandar Basara
Managing Director
