HomeHunter is deployed across three environments — development, staging, and production — to ensure stability, quality control, and predictable releases. Each environment mirrors the platform’s architecture, with separate infrastructure and configuration for the extension, web application, and backend services.
Development
- Used by the engineering team for day-to-day coding and testing.
- Connects to sandboxed AWS resources and staging database with dummy data.
- Frequent deployments, often on feature branches.
- Ideal for validating new features before handing off for broader testing.
Staging
- Mirrors the production environment as closely as possible.
- Serves as the final test bed for features and bug fixes before release.
- QA, product stakeholders, and selected users validate functionality here.
- Connects to a staging database with dummy data.
Production
- The live environment accessible to buyers, agents, and admins.
- Hosted on serverless AWS infrastructure with high availability.
- Uses production-grade database instances and storage.
- CMS Web application served via Vercel.
Why It Matters
Clear environment separation ensures:
- Stability for end users.
- A safe testing ground for new features.
- Faster iteration without disrupting production.
By maintaining strict boundaries between dev, staging, and production, HomeHunter balances rapid iteration with enterprise-grade reliability.