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Architectural Analysis of Unified Design Systems for Global Web Platforms Scaling Across 180 Countries
by
Mykhailo Nykoliuk
| International Journal of Computer Applications |
| Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
| Volume 187 - Number 137 |
| Year of Publication: 2026 |
| Authors: Mykhailo Nykoliuk |
10.5120/ijca7f4ff1c60178
|
Mykhailo Nykoliuk . Architectural Analysis of Unified Design Systems for Global Web Platforms Scaling Across 180 Countries. International Journal of Computer Applications. 187, 137 ( Aug 2026), 59-66. DOI=10.5120/ijca7f4ff1c60178
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author = {
Mykhailo Nykoliuk
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title = { Architectural Analysis of Unified Design Systems for Global Web Platforms Scaling Across 180 Countries },
journal = {
International Journal of Computer Applications
},
issue_date = { Aug 2026 },
volume = { 187 },
number = { 137 },
month = { Aug },
year = { 2026 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = {
59-66
},
numpages = {9},
url = {
https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume187/number137/architectural-analysis-of-unified-design-systems-for-global-web-platforms-scaling-across-180-countries/
},
doi = { 10.5120/ijca7f4ff1c60178 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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%1 2026-08-20T21:55:08+05:30
%A Mykhailo Nykoliuk
%T Architectural Analysis of Unified Design Systems for Global Web Platforms Scaling Across 180 Countries
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%@ 0975-8887
%V 187
%N 137
%P 59-66
%D 2026
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract
Global web platforms face a scaling problem that is organisational as much as technical: as the number of served markets grows, the cost of publishing and maintaining a single localized page grows with it. This study examines that problem through an industrial case study of a corporate platform operating across 180 countries, where a legacy WordPress installation was replaced by a decoupled architecture combining Next.js, a headless content management system, and a centralized design system. The research applies system analysis rather than code-level benchmarking. Its object of evaluation is the architecture together with the deployment and localization processes it supports, and operational indicators recorded across five quarters serve as evidence. Median time to publish a localized page fell by 25 percent and engaged sessions per visitor rose by 40 percent, while published output rose by 176 percent at an engineering budget that changed by 1.8 percent. Decomposition of publication time shows that the architecture addressed 42.5 percent of the baseline elapsed time and removed 58.8 percent of that addressable portion. The contribution is a transferable blueprint for organisations that must standardize interface production across many national markets without fragmenting engineering effort across regional teams.
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Computer Science
Information Sciences
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