Case Study · Platform Architecture
The Justine Longla Engineering Mesh
A production-ready, four-site ecosystem that connects my consulting, documentation, blog, and project platforms into one resilient mesh — powered by Next.js, static HTML, PowerShell automation, Vercel, and GitHub Actions. Designed to ship fast, recover gracefully, and tell a clear story.
Short vertical explainer — the Justine Longla Engineering Mesh in motion.
Architecture at a Glance
IONOS DNS fans out traffic to multiple surfaces — consulting, docs, blog, and projects — all backed by Vercel and GitHub Pages, with GitHub Actions and PowerShell providing the automation backbone.
Context & Motivation
This ecosystem started as “just a dev blog”. Very quickly, it became clear that I needed separate surfaces for different jobs: a consulting presence, a documentation hub, a blog engine, and a project portfolio. Instead of one monolith doing everything poorly, I designed a mesh of focused sites with a shared automation backbone.
Sites & Responsibilities
- consulting.justinelonglat-lane.com — main consulting presence, intro calls, offers, and narrative.
- docs.justinelonglat-lane.com — static HTML docs with near-zero runtime dependencies.
- blogs.justinelonglat-lane.com — handcrafted blog engine with PowerShell content pipelines.
- projects.justinelonglat-lane.com — this portfolio of case studies and automation work.
Shared Backbone
- PowerShell scripts to add posts, validate metadata, cut releases.
- GitHub Actions for CI/CD, preview builds, and tagged production releases.
- IONOS DNS routing with clean subdomain boundaries.
- Vercel deployments tuned for static + hybrid Next.js workloads.
- Resend + storage integrations where messaging or assets are needed.
Outcomes & What This Demonstrates
- • Ability to design and operate a multi-surface platform.
- • Comfortable across Next.js, static HTML, CI/CD, DNS, automation.
- • Builds reproducible scripts instead of one-offs.
- • Designs pipelines with observability, safety, and rollback.
If you're modernizing a platform and need someone who can own the story from architecture to automation to documentation, this mesh is a great example of how I like to work — intentional, reliable, and deeply human.