Case Studies

Deep dives into production systems, architecture decisions, and technical challenges

Case Study
SecurityEncryptionZero-Knowledge

SecureVault: A Zero-Knowledge Password Manager Design Exercise

A systems-design exercise in zero-knowledge architecture — what it takes for a server to store secrets it can never read, with the threat model written before the data model.

Nov 20, 2024
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E-CommerceHeadlessPerformance

ShopFlow: A Headless E-Commerce Reference Architecture

A reference architecture for high-performance headless commerce — how I would keep a storefront fast while scaling catalog, search, and checkout reliably.

Sep 15, 2024
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HealthcareHIPAASecurity

MediConnect: A HIPAA-Conscious Healthcare Platform Reference Architecture

A reference architecture for a privacy-conscious telemedicine platform — treating auth, audit, and data isolation as first-class concerns from the start.

Jul 10, 2024
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Machine LearningFinTechReal-Time

FinanceAI: A Low-Latency Trading Platform Design Exercise

A systems-design exercise: how to structure a low-latency algorithmic trading and risk platform with machine learning in the loop, focusing on data flow and failure modes.

May 20, 2024
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WebSocketsReal-TimeScalability

CloudSync: A Real-Time Collaboration Reference Architecture

A reference architecture for real-time collaboration — how I would design presence, sync, and conflict handling for distributed teams at scale.

Mar 15, 2024
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Full-StackSaaSFitness

PulseForge Platform

A coaching and performance platform drawn from real domain experience. Architecture complete; implementation in progress — included to show domain-driven design, not a finished product.

Feb 1, 2024
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BackendNestJSTypeScript

Northstar Platform

A production-grade, open-source service-marketplace backend — built end-to-end with enterprise-style architecture, security, testing discipline, and deployment readiness. The code is public.

Jan 1, 2024