Gatherly
Migrated a legacy data and web platform with zero downtime and 100% data integrity, and built the full stack of a two-sided B2B venue marketplace with an AI semantic-search layer that matches venues by meaning rather than keywords.
Key Results
Zero downtime and 100% data integrity migrating a legacy platform
AI search that matches venues by meaning, not keywords
B2B marketplace for discovering and booking event venues
Celery-powered processing that stays responsive as the catalogue grows
The Challenge
Finding the right event venue is hard when search only matches keywords. Organisers think in terms of the event they have in mind — the mood, the format, the kind of space — but venue listings rarely use the exact same words. The result is a frustrating, miss-prone search experience on both sides of the marketplace.
A two-sided marketplace also has to stay fast and responsive as the venue catalogue grows, without the search and booking experience slowing down.
On top of that, the platform had to be migrated off an ageing legacy data and web platform — without losing data or taking the service offline.
The Solution
As full-stack developer, we migrated the platform off a legacy system with zero downtime and 100% data integrity, then built the entire marketplace — front end, back end and the asynchronous processing that keeps it responsive — with AI semantic search woven into the core booking experience rather than bolted on. Built on Django, React, PostgreSQL and Celery.
Zero-Downtime Legacy Migration
Migrated a legacy data and web platform with 0 downtime and 100% data integrity.
Full-Stack Two-Sided Marketplace
Built the front end, back end and asynchronous processing for discovering and booking event venues.
AI Semantic Search
Matches venues by meaning, so an organiser can describe their event and be matched to the right spaces even when the wording differs.
Responsive at Scale
Celery-powered async processing keeps the experience fast as the catalogue grows.
The Impact
Tangible Outcomes
Migrated a legacy data and web platform with 0 downtime and 100% data integrity
Built the full stack of a two-sided B2B venue marketplace
Delivered AI semantic search that matches venues by meaning rather than keywords
Wove AI search into the core booking experience rather than bolting it on
Kept the platform responsive as the catalogue grows with asynchronous processing
Key Takeaway
Migrated a legacy platform without losing data or uptime, then built an entire two-sided marketplace end to end — with meaning-based AI search at the heart of the booking experience rather than as an afterthought.
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