Duration: 3 months / part time
Main stack: Laravel (Blade)
Scale (users / data / requests): Live production platform with real users and sub-second page load times
What did I actually do? (not the team)
- Designed and implemented the full-stack architecture of the educational platform
- Built server-rendered frontend using Laravel Blade with SEO-first structure
- Optimized application performance to achieve sub-second page load times
- Implemented secure authentication flows with login throttling
- Integrated online payment system and automated SpotPlayer token generation
- Managed deployment, maintenance, and ongoing feature improvements
Hard parts / challenges:
- Achieving consistently fast load times on a server-rendered platform while handling dynamic content
- Balancing SEO-friendly structure with complex authenticated and paid user flows
- Integrating third-party video delivery (SpotPlayer) securely without exposing access tokens
Biggest technical decision I made: Chose a server-rendered architecture using Laravel Blade to reduce implementation time while maintaining strong performance, SEO, and long-term maintainability
Result / impact (even rough): Launched and maintained a live educational platform with real users, stable performance, and ongoing course sales
Internal complexity:
- Educational content domain with paid courses, lessons, and user progress
- Server-rendered pages combined with authenticated and paid user flows
- Payment processing and entitlement management for purchased content
- Integration with third-party video delivery (SpotPlayer) and automated token generation
- Security controls for access to premium content and protected routes
- Performance-focused rendering and caching considerations for SEO-critical pages
