The Path of a Startup

A three-part series on how a small idea became a full technical journey.

Part 1 — The Test Phase

In the beginning, everything started with experiments.
We wanted to build a web application as fast as possible, so we used JavaScript for the frontend and even for backend prototypes. Some pieces were written in Python, but nothing was fully stable.

This phase was chaotic but necessary:

• We validated ideas.
• We built features fast.
• We discovered the limitations of “move fast” development.

This was also the moment when the architecture started showing signs of trouble.
It worked… but only because the scale was tiny.

Part 2 — The Intermediate Phase

Once the project grew, the technical flaws became impossible to ignore.

We tried:

• JavaScript backend
• Multiple small services
• Quick patches everywhere

But the architecture was… honestly, a mess.
At this stage, we learned painful lessons about:

• technical debt
• inconsistent architecture
• speed vs. stability
• how fast prototypes become long-term problems

This was the middle point where we recognized: We can’t scale unless we redesign everything.

Part 3 — The Final Decision

This is when the team made a decisive move:
We migrated to Rust and rebuilt the core systems with performance and correctness in mind.

The final phase included:

• Designing a real architecture
• Strong typing
• Cleaner APIs
• Better deployment workflows
• More predictable performance

This phase taught us the most:
The technology stack matters, but the discipline of building software matters even more.

Conclusion

This startup journey was not only about building a product — it was about understanding how software evolves, and how important it is to choose the right tools at the right time.

Stay tuned: I plan to release a companion project showing the architectures, diagrams, and lessons learned in each phase.