Ampstream
Ampstream is a German based live-event and webinar management system, designed for high-demand events, offering fully customazible branding with big focus on data protection and security.
From a user’s perspective, webinars seem straightforward — just one click for live streaming, interacting with presenters, and chatting with others. But behind the scenes, only organizers understand the complexity involved in setting one up, and only developers and DevOps engineers truly understand the robust systems powering it all. Discover how our team made webinar management effortless.
Challenges
Managing a system load of up to 10,000 concurrent users pushed the limits of scalability, demanding advanced architecture to prevent downtime and performance bottlenecks.
Ensuring fully customizable branding across all pages posed a challenge in balancing seamless user experience without compromising platform security or performance.
What we did to succeed
When we took over the Ampstream project, several features were already built, but the platform was struggling with poor performance and just bad user experience. To identify the root causes, we analyzed the project’s architecture, dependencies, and critical paths, and pinpointed specific bottlenecks that were limiting scalability and causing slow performance.
Our first solution was to dockerize the application and break down its monolithic structure into smaller, interconnected services. By distributing these services across different servers, we enabled horizontal scaling, allowing the system to handle several tens of thousands of participants simultaneously during live events.
Dividing the application into smaller services significantly improved the system’s ability to perform under heavy load. This architectural shift not only made it possible to scale dynamically, improving both performance and system stability during high-demand events, but also laid a foundation for future scalability, supporting the client’s growing needs. As a result, Ampstream now handles large audiences like a charm.
Balancing customization and security was another challenge. Ampstream required full branding flexibility without sacrificing UX or security. We crafted a streamlined admin UI that allowed easy customization, while carefully sanitizing all user inputs to maintain strong security standards without compromising functionality.