How CoLab cut dev cycle time by up to 98%

In one of my previous articles, I shared information about Mirrord and how you can use it to write code locally on your machine, with the changes being reflected in the remote environment. In this blog, we will cover how Mirrord has helped CoLab cut its dev cycle by 98%. Developing and debugging applications that rely on cloud environments can be tedious and time-consuming. CoLab faced this challenge when they lost their previous setup for debugging in production-like environments due to security concerns. Without a suitable replacement, developers had to resort to inefficient cycles of building, deploying, and troubleshooting. The team needed a secure and efficient way to replicate production-like environments locally, with priorities including Faster feedback loops, running applications locally as if they were in the cloud, simplifying developer workflows without introducing security risks and reducing onboarding time for new engineers. The results: With mirrord, CoLab transformed their development workflows—eliminating repetitive build-and-deploy cycles, streamlining onboarding, and making debugging more efficient. Here’s how it all came together: Faster testing and debugging = cost savings mirrord significantly reduced the time required for testing and debugging, directly saving developer hours and reducing costs. Simpler onboarding for new developers Onboarding new team members became a much faster and smoother process. What used to take days is now reduced to a simple setup. Simplified troubleshooting By moving away from relying on individual laptops for debugging, the team transitioned to a cloud-based approach, which made issue resolution faster and easier to manage. Increased capacity for complex projects With mirrord, previously resource-intensive projects became more manageable. This enabled the team to undertake work that was previously more challenging to execute. For more info, check out the original case study here.

Apr 28, 2025 - 15:20

How CoLab cut dev cycle time by up to 98%

In one of my previous articles, I shared information about Mirrord and how you can use it to write code locally on your machine, with the changes being reflected in the remote environment.

In this blog, we will cover how Mirrord has helped CoLab cut its dev cycle by 98%.

Developing and debugging applications that rely on cloud environments can be tedious and time-consuming. CoLab faced this challenge when they lost their previous setup for debugging in production-like environments due to security concerns. Without a suitable replacement, developers had to resort to inefficient cycles of building, deploying, and troubleshooting.

The team needed a secure and efficient way to replicate production-like environments locally, with priorities including Faster feedback loops, running applications locally as if they were in the cloud, simplifying developer workflows without introducing security risks and reducing onboarding time for new engineers.

The results:

With mirrord, CoLab transformed their development workflows—eliminating repetitive build-and-deploy cycles, streamlining onboarding, and making debugging more efficient. Here’s how it all came together:

Faster testing and debugging = cost savings
mirrord significantly reduced the time required for testing and debugging, directly saving developer hours and reducing costs.

Simpler onboarding for new developers

Onboarding new team members became a much faster and smoother process. What used to take days is now reduced to a simple setup.

Simplified troubleshooting

By moving away from relying on individual laptops for debugging, the team transitioned to a cloud-based approach, which made issue resolution faster and easier to manage.

Increased capacity for complex projects

With mirrord, previously resource-intensive projects became more manageable. This enabled the team to undertake work that was previously more challenging to execute.

For more info, check out the original case study here.