Mojtaba Meskin

What's inside a product?

Every web product is built from layers, each with a defined responsibility. Scroll to peel it apart and see what actually runs underneath.

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   Interface (Vue)

   The layer people see and touch: layout, colour, typography and motion. One codebase for desktop and mobile, and with Vue and Inertia navigation happens without full page reloads.

   VueInertiaSSRTailwind CSS
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   Application configuration

   The keys and switches that change how the app behaves without touching code: the environment file, credentials for outside services and flags that turn features on or off.

   Config.envFeature FlagsSecrets
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   Backend (Laravel)

   The brain on the server: routing, middleware, input validation, authentication and permissions. The business rules live here and are protected by automated tests.

   LaravelPHPREST APITests
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   Database (PostgreSQL)

   Where data lives permanently: tables, relations, indexes and transactions. Versioned migrations change the schema without losing data, and backups run on a schedule.

   PostgreSQLMigrationsIndexesBackups
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   Cache and fast data (Redis)

   The speed layer: heavy query results, user sessions, locks and rate limits. Frequently used data is kept with an expiry so the database is not hit on every request.

   RedisCacheSessionsTTL
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   Real-time data (WebSocket / Reverb)

   A live channel between server and browser that pushes changes instantly without polling: messages, order status, positions on a map and who is online right now.

   WebSocketReverbBroadcastingPresence
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   Queues and background jobs

   Heavy work is taken out of the user's request: sending mail and SMS, building reports and large files. Each job runs on its own, retries when it fails and can run on a schedule.

   QueueWorkersSupervisorScheduler
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   Server and support services

   Everything the application runs on: nginx for the web, supervisor to keep workers alive, the mail server, the SMS provider, SSL certificates and zero-downtime deployment.

   nginxSupervisorMail ServerSMS ProviderSSLDeploy