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Boosted platform performance 60% with Redis caching across 1,000+ product catalog
60% performance boost
1,000+ products
Real-time inventory
Overview
Full-stack e-commerce platform with real-time inventory tracking, Stripe payment processing, and Redis caching. Built a comprehensive admin dashboard managing 1,000+ products.
Architecture Diagram
Architecture diagram coming soon.
See the GitHub repository for architecture documentation.
Design Decisions
- →Redis caching layer added after profiling showed database queries were the bottleneck at scale.
- →Cloudinary for image storage instead of S3 directly built-in transformations reduce frontend complexity.
- →Stripe webhooks used for payment confirmation instead of client-side callbacks more reliable and secure.
- →Admin dashboard built as a separate route with role-based middleware to isolate privileged operations.
Deployment
Backend deployed on a Node.js server with PM2 process management. Redis running as a sidecar service. Cloudinary handles all media delivery via CDN. Environment variables managed via .env with no secrets in source control.
Lessons Learned
Redis caching requires careful cache invalidation strategy. The first implementation had stale data issues that required redesigning the cache key structure. Lesson: cache at the right granularity and always have a cache-busting mechanism.