Social platform microservices ecosystem
Zizzle
Zizle polyglot monorepo—NestJS APIs, Next.js web, Flutter mobile, Django/ML services, Kafka/Redis/MySQL/Mongo, EKS deploy (api.zizle.com).
The challenge
Feeds, chat, media, notifications, search, scoring, moderation, and growth/airdrop features needed specialized runtimes and independent deployability across web, mobile, and workers—unsuitable for one unshippable monolith.
The solution
Zizzle: Zizle polyglot monorepo—NestJS APIs, Next.js web, Flutter mobile, Django/ML services, Kafka/Redis/MySQL/Mongo, EKS deploy (api.zizle.com). Independent deployment across social product surfaces. Tekvers delivered a maintainable social platform microservices ecosystem system for Zizzle using NestJS, TypeORM/MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, with phased rollout, operator workflows, and documentation suited to long-term ownership.
Approach
Service autonomy
Auth, posts, chat, community, media, notifications, search, and scoring deploy independently.
Specialized runtimes
Python owns recommendation and moderation where ML fits better than general Node APIs.
Multi-surface clients
Web and Flutter consume the ecosystem; marketing sites remain separately shippable.
Deliverables
- ▸NestJS/Node social backend service set under `backend-apis/`
- ▸Next.js/React frontend apps and Flutter mobile flavors
- ▸Django/Python ML services for recommendations and moderation
- ▸Node utilities (uWebSockets last-seen, cron, push)
- ▸Admin API with roles/permissions modules
- ▸AWS EKS-oriented Docker/Jenkins deploy tooling and env catalogs
Outcomes
- ▸Independent deployment across social product surfaces
- ▸Room for AI-assisted feed and trust/safety pipelines
- ▸Clear ownership boundaries for a multi-team monorepo
- ▸Documented naming: Zizle product vs ZizzleApp folder
Impact
Zizle can evolve web, mobile, realtime, and intelligence features on separate tracks—without one release train blocking the social ecosystem—while portfolio language stays tied to services evidenced on disk.
Tech stack
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