Previously, Zuplo maintained separate infrastructures for development
environments (working copy) and production APIs. We have now migrated to a
unified infrastructure, where development environments use the same environments
as production APIs.

- **Consistency**: Development environments are now exactly the same as
  production and preview environments. This ensures that the behavior in
  development matches that in production, reducing the likelihood of unexpected
  issues after deployment.

- **Global Reach**: Development environments are now deployed to over 300 edge
  locations. This allows developers to test their changes in an environment that
  closely mimics the distributed nature of our production infrastructure.

- **Scalability**: Development environments are now fully scalable. This means
  that they can handle increased load when necessary, providing a more accurate
  representation of production performance.

- **Deployment Time**: The trade-off for these benefits is a slightly longer
  deployment time. However, we are actively working on optimizing our deployment
  processes to reduce this time.

We believe that the benefits of this change significantly outweigh the
trade-offs, and we are excited to see how it improves our development process
moving forward.