Engineering a site at the speed of breaking news

The Washington Post recently migrated to Next.js and Vercel, achieving fast rendering speeds and visually compelling results in the midst of constant updates from thousands of federal, state, and local elections. The team's unique challenges are addressed by building data pipelines, predictive models, and compelling visuals for readers, while staying attuned to reporters' needs and handling traffic spikes. With Vercel's collaboration tooling, they can review, test, and deploy rapidly, which was crucial for a flawless election night presentation of over 1,000 individual elections spread across 52 different results pages. The team experienced significant benefits from the migration, including easy scalability, responsive performance, and reduced tech debt, allowing them to focus on delivering high-quality content without interruptions.

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