— Fiscal Note

TECHNICAL STRATEGY AND Development for Global Issues & Policy Affairs WEB APP

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FROM MICROSERVICES TO A MONOLITHIC FULL-STACK APPROACH

Telos radically accelerated product development velocity by using a Full-Stack Ruby on Rails pattern replacing Node microservices and a single-page app.



Our team delivered important Reporting capabilities on-time, and FiscalNote was able to scale their product development teams to work in parallel improving their product.

EXPERTISE

Technology strategy
Product management
Full-stack development
QA and testing
DevOps

TECHNOLOGY

Ruby on Rails

DELIVERABLES

Admin panel
Web platform

PLATFORMS

Desktop Web
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THE OBJECTIVE

Rebuild FiscalNote’s web application to a higher-productivity ecosystem by transitioning from microservices to a Rails monolith, enabling a 10x increase in the addition of new data sets to the platform

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CHANGE IN TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY

Restore the Monolith
The company had transitioned to tens of node micro-services in a pattern that did not scale for new product enhancements.
We recreated a Ruby on Rails monolith bypassing the node services to restore sustainable velocity.

Full Stack Development
We transitioned to server-side rendering to accelerate development speed, avoiding the need to separate back-end and front-end development.

KEY REPORTING AND EXPORTING FEATURES

Reporting and dashboards
Users have access to the latest data  of their affairs, and to customizable dashboards  that can be tailored to  specific initiatives, departments, or regions.

Exportable CSV and PDF
Users have the ability to  export reports in different formats, and to import data  into spreadsheets for further analysis.

Sophisticated filtered search
Users can refine their searches using a wide range of  filters specific to their needs.  Search by region, issue area, date range, policy type, and more.

Save Views
Users have the ability to save views through specific filtered searches that need to be reviewed frequently.

Interactive maps with metrics
Users can visualize data like issue prevalence, policy trends, and other critical  data points  on a map, allowing them to identify patterns and  relationships across different regions.

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Ken Kantzer
Former VP of Engineering, FiscalNote
"Telos has several superpowers:
  1. Deep bench for hard technical problems.
  2. Extreme focus - many consulting firms are spread out skills-wise across many different technologies. Telos is extremely focused on providing exceptional service in Ruby on Rails.
  3. Great cost-to-value with the near-shore model."

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