When a Retail CTO Watches Millions Slip Away: David's Story

https://www.slideserve.com/botwingtdn/transforming-a-500k-year-monolith-by-february-3-2026-practical-paths-and-trad

David is the CTO of a 30-store retail chain that grew fast by acquisition. The e-commerce team runs on a 12-year-old monolithic platform that was built when "cloud" meant renting virtual servers