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Vercel Migration · Birmingham

Vercel Migration in Birmingham

Migrating applications to Vercel for Birmingham organisations, where the database connections are what break first. A long-running server holds a handful of connections; serverless functions each want their own, so traffic that was comfortable before exhausts the database's connection limit almost immediately after the move.

Why this comes up

The problem

The application moved to serverless functions and the database now refuses connections under normal load.

What you get

What we deliver

  • Connection pooling introduced so functions share a bounded set of connections
  • Long-running work identified, since execution time is capped on serverless
  • Background jobs and scheduled tasks given somewhere appropriate to run
  • In-memory state removed, as instances are created and discarded unpredictably
  • File writes relocated, because the filesystem is not persistent between invocations
  • Rendering strategy chosen per route rather than applied uniformly

Want this scoped for your business in Birmingham?

Thirty minutes, no charge, no sales script. You leave with a written summary of what vercel migration would actually involve — whether or not you use us.

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Working in Birmingham

West Midlands

Birmingham is the UK's second city and its business base is broad rather than specialised, so projects here range from single-site hospitality systems to multi-region platforms for professional services firms.

Briefs range widely, but the recurring themes are multi-site operations needing one system instead of five, and professional services firms replacing spreadsheets with something auditable.

Sectors we work with in Birmingham

  • Professional Services
  • Manufacturing
  • Financial Services
  • Construction
  • Hospitality
  • Logistics

What we work with

Technologies and platforms

  • Vercel
  • Next.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • Prisma

Who we work with

Industries we serve

  • SaaS businesses
  • Media companies
  • Retail
  • Technology companies
  • Marketing agencies

Why us

Why Birmingham businesses choose Asionis

  • Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
  • No long-term contracts required
  • All team members UK-based
  • Dedicated account manager and development team
  • Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
  • Scalable from startup to enterprise

How we work

  1. Step 1

    Free consultation

    A 30-minute call to understand the problem. You keep the written summary either way.

  2. Step 2

    Proposal

    Scope, timeline and a fixed price, in writing, before anything starts.

  3. Step 3

    Build

    Short cycles with regular check-ins, so you see progress rather than hear about it.

  4. Step 4

    Launch and support

    We handle the go-live and stay available afterwards.

Vercel Migration in Birmingham — common questions

Why do connections run out?
Because each function instance opens its own. A traditional server maintains a small pool for all requests, whereas concurrent serverless invocations each connect independently — so a database configured for a hundred connections is exhausted by a hundred simultaneous requests.
How is that fixed?
With a pooler in front of the database, or a driver designed for serverless access. Both keep the number of actual connections bounded regardless of how many functions are running, and one of them needs to be in place before the migration rather than after.
What about long-running work?
It needs somewhere else. Functions have an execution limit, so report generation, large imports and anything taking minutes will be terminated mid-way — a queue with a worker running elsewhere handles those far better than trying to fit them into the limit.
Can we write files?
Not durably. Anything written during an invocation disappears with the instance, so uploads, generated documents and caches on disk all need moving to object storage — which is easy to overlook because it works fine in local development.
Do you work with businesses across West Midlands?
Yes. We are based in Leicester, United Kingdom and work with clients throughout West Midlands, including Birmingham and the surrounding West Midlands area. Most collaboration happens remotely, and we travel for kick-offs and key milestones.
What kind of Birmingham businesses do you usually work with?
Briefs range widely, but the recurring themes are multi-site operations needing one system instead of five, and professional services firms replacing spreadsheets with something auditable. Beyond that we work across Professional Services, Manufacturing, Financial Services, Construction, Hospitality and Logistics.
Do you cover the areas around Birmingham?
Yes — we work throughout West Midlands, including Coventry, Wolverhampton, Derby, Leicester. Birmingham is an urban area of roughly 2,600,000+, and we take on work across the wider West Midlands region rather than the city boundary alone.

Talk to us about Vercel Migration in Birmingham

A 30-minute call with someone who would actually work on it. No sales script, no obligation.

  • Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
  • No long-term contracts required
  • All team members UK-based
  • Dedicated account manager and development team
  • Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
  • Scalable from startup to enterprise

Or reach us directly

07707 771599admin@asionis.com

Leicester, United Kingdom