Chris Moyer, a published author on cloud computing, is passionate about how building cloud-native systems can empower teams to innovate faster and scale smarter. As CTO of Newstex, he leads a remote team focused on intelligent content delivery.
Reimagining content licensing: Millisecond performance in a one-second industry
What if content licensing could be as fast as consumer search? Newstex built a Customer Portal that delivers millisecond performance in an industry accustomed to waiting seconds. By adopting fully serverless architecture, we handle unpredictable traffic spikes—from normal days to 100x volume during earnings season—without scalability issues. The result: customers get instant access to years of content with the kind of speed and granularity that sets a new industry standard.
Building with AI agents: From years to months
Building customer-facing software traditionally requires extensive frontend expertise and long development cycles. Newstex compressed this timeline from years to months by strategically using AI coding tools for UI development while maintaining hand-coded security in backend systems. Managing multiple AI agents simultaneously created a force multiplier effect, allowing one developer to accomplish work typically requiring an entire team. The result: production-ready enterprise software that customers praised as industry-leading, delivered in under a year.
