Ramin Bozorgzadeh - WeWork's Journey to JAMstack

WeWork’s Journey to JAMstack

• WeWork has over 460,000 members, with locations worldwide
• Initially, WeWork used WordPress, but it wasn’t suitable for their needs
• In 2014-2015, WeWork started exploring static sites with React
• Performance, accessibility, best practices, and SEO were top priorities
• In 2016, WeWork decided to join the JAMstack ecosystem
• JAMstack allowed them to offload infrastructure and focus on application development
• The team used Netlify, Smartling, Contentful, and other tools to build and deploy static sites
• The marketing website was one of the first sites to be rebuilt as a static site
• The new setup allowed for faster development and deployment
• WeWork saw a 2-3x increase in lead conversion after switching to static sites
• The team continues to use JAMstack for new projects and is exploring other technologies like Gatsby and Vue
• The transition to JAMstack was simplified by using connectors like Smartling and Contentful
• WeWork was able to achieve faster load times and improved performance
• The JAMstack setup allows for easier scalability and less technical debt
• WeWork is now a global organization with over 2,000 pages and supports 1,400 startups across 34 cities
• The team is continuously monitoring GitHub for new strings and updates.