5 cloud migration best practices from myToys

When Oleksii Svarychevskyi joined myToys Group as head of technology, the company was transitioning from on-premises infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enhance scalability and speed. The migration strategy involved choosing a high-value pilot project due to the existing AWS experience within the team, planning for potential delays, and ensuring customer impact was measurable through tools like New Relic. They faced challenges such as disparate observability tools and network latency, which were addressed by instrumenting systems early and using AWS Direct Connect. The company adopted a "You build it, you run it" approach for post-migration product ownership, which facilitated operational excellence and allowed for further migration of over 80% of their systems to AWS. This transition enabled rapid scaling and set the stage for automation in scalability, with the experience providing valuable insights for similar organizations considering cloud migration.