Hosting
Containers on Google Cloud for custom platforms, or managed hosting suited to WordPress. Sized for your traffic and set up in an account you own.
Capability 04 · Infrastructure & care
Hosting, monitoring and updates, long after launch.
We set up hosting, deployment and monitoring, then keep the platform patched, backed up and improving. Ongoing care covers custom builds and WordPress or WooCommerce sites, with response times agreed per arrangement.
§01Foundations
The infrastructure we set up.
Standard, documented tooling in accounts you own, so you can see exactly how everything is set up and take it with you.
CI/CD
Every change runs automated checks before it deploys. Deploys are scripted and repeatable, and a bad release can be rolled back.
Separate environments
Staging and production kept apart, so updates and new features are tried somewhere safe before customers see them.
Monitoring
Uptime checks, error tracking and alerts on server health, database load and API response times, so problems are spotted early.
Backups
Automatic backups of databases and uploaded files, checked by actually restoring them.
Security basics
Secrets in a secret manager, least-privilege access, HTTPS everywhere and automated dependency scanning.
§02Ongoing care
What care looks like month to month.
Care starts with a health check, even on a platform we did not build, and settles into a steady routine of updates and improvements.
Stage 01 · Health check
Understand the platform
We review the code, hosting, security and speed, and note what needs attention first.
Stage 02 · Stabilize
Fix what is urgent
Urgent fixes, backups and monitoring put in place before routine care begins.
Stage 03 · Routine care
Keep it current
Updates applied and tested, alerts handled and backups checked, with a note of what changed and why.
Stage 04 · Improve
Make it better
Agreed time for slow queries, speed, refactoring and small features, prioritized with you.
How quickly do you respond? Response times are agreed per arrangement, as part of your care proposal, with urgent issues handled first.
§03Platforms
Care for custom builds and WordPress sites.
The routine is the same; the work inside it depends on what your platform is built on.
Custom platforms
- Framework and dependency upgrades, tested in CI before release
- Database query and index tuning as your data grows
- Cloud configuration and cost reviews
- New features built with knowledge of how the platform fits together
WordPress and WooCommerce sites
- Core, theme and plugin updates, tried on staging first
- Plugin reviews: what is unused, overlapping or no longer maintained
- Speed checks against Google's Core Web Vitals
- An honest view of when moving to another platform would make sense
§04Further reading
Where to go from here.
Next season starts here
Need someone to look after your platform?
Tell us what you run and who looks after it today. We will start with a health check and follow up with a clear monthly proposal.
- Free, no-obligation consultation
- Reply within one business day
- Led by a principal architect