Building the infrastructure behind a faster developer’s experience

Bit.io database dashboard on a laptop on a wooden desk.

Bit.io was building a zero-setup cloud database for developers and data teams. We partnered with its engineering team to bring that same focus on developer productivity to its own infrastructure.

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Designed a consistent approach across local development and cloud environments.

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Built Kubernetes infrastructure for QA and production.

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Improved CI build times and introduced monitoring, logging, alerting, and automated tests.

Bit.io already used Tilt to create a fast local development loop.

The next challenge was creating a workflow that extended cleanly into cloud deployment without making developers manage different systems at every stage.

A development environment built around iteration speed

We evaluated the available tools and helped configure Tilt for local work while developing the CI/CD approach for Kubernetes-based cloud environments.

We also built QA and production infrastructure and introduced monitoring, logging, alerting, and automated testing.

Bit.io database dashboard displayed on a tablet.

Make a change locally. See it quickly. Ship it reliably.

Developers can work in a fast local environment while the underlying tooling carries the same application toward QA and production.

Automated checks and observability make failures easier to catch before and after deployment.

Bit.io database dashboard on a phone resting on a wooden surface.Bit.io Top Tables by Query report.

Developer productivity is infrastructure

The goal was not simply to run the application in Kubernetes.

It was to reduce the amount of time engineers spent waiting for builds, setting up environments, and diagnosing infrastructure problems.

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Infrastructure ready for private beta

The new development and cloud infrastructure helped Bit.io prepare for and successfully launch its private beta.

Private beta launch

supported by the new infrastructure

15,000+ users

by October 2022

Acquired by Databricks

in 2023

Bit.io and Databricks logos.
Bit.io — Recent activity across the team.
Recent activity across the team
Bit.io — Database activity in one view.
Database activity in one view
Bit.io — A summary of query performance.
A summary of query performance
Bit.io — Activity, system health, and storage.
Activity, system health, and storage
Bit.io — Daily database activity.
Daily database activity

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