Codebase takeover · Migration
Trovr
A travel site inherited as a React single-page app, locked to a host the client didn't control. Assessed, rebuilt as a fast static site, and handed over on her own domain with automatic deploys from GitHub.
- Year
- 2026
- Role
- Audit + rebuild
- Skills
- Codebase Audit · React · Website Migration · GitHub · Netlify
01 / Brief
A site she couldn't call her own
Trovr's travel site had been built as a React single-page app and was locked to a host she didn't control. She wanted it on her own domain, on a stack she owned.
02 / Finding
Heavier than the content needed
I started by assessing the codebase rather than assuming a like-for-like move. The architecture was heavier than an almost entirely static content site needed, so moving it as it stood would have carried that weight to a new home.
03 / Work
Rebuilt as a fast static site
I rebuilt it as a fast static site, deployed from GitHub to Netlify on her own custom domain and DNS.
04 / Handoff
Nothing left depending on me
She got a clean repository and automatic deploys on every push, with no dependency on me. Any developer can take it over without renegotiating access.
“Great to work with. Quality work and easy to communicate with. Highly recommend.”