Artiverse Galleria
Portfolio demonstration project: A full-stack e-commerce art gallery platform built with Next.js 16, showcasing modern architecture patterns, security best practices, and enterprise-grade features.
Artiverse Galleria is a portfolio demonstration project showcasing full-stack development capabilities through a comprehensive e-commerce platform designed for art galleries. This project demonstrates proficiency in modern web technologies, architectural patterns, and enterprise-grade security implementations. The application features a feature-based architecture that promotes scalability and maintainability. It implements a three-layer pattern (Repository → Service → Action) ensuring clean separation of concerns. The platform includes advanced features like image processing with watermarking, rate limiting for API protection, role-based access control, and comprehensive security measures. Why this project? Built to demonstrate expertise in: modern React/Next.js patterns, TypeScript best practices, database design with Drizzle ORM, authentication flows with NextAuth.js v5, image processing pipelines, and production-ready architecture patterns.
The application follows a feature-based architecture where code is organised by business domain rather than technical layer. This approach ensures that related code is co-located, making it easier to maintain and scale. The system uses a three-layer pattern: 1. Repository Layer: Handles data access and database operations 2. Service Layer: Contains business logic and orchestration 3. Action Layer: Server actions for client components with cache revalidation Authentication is handled through NextAuth.js v5 with JWT session strategy. The platform implements role-based access control (RBAC) with roles including Admin, Editor, ShopManager, and User. Caching is implemented at multiple levels: Next.js cache, unstable cache for server-side data fetching, and browser cache for static assets. Cache invalidation is handled through tag-based and path-based revalidation.
- Feature-based architecture for scalability
- Three-layer architecture pattern (Repository → Service → Action)
- NextAuth.js v5 authentication with role-based access control
- Advanced image processing with watermarking and optimization
- Rate limiting for API protection
- Real-time analytics tracking
- Automated order processing
- PayFast payment integration
- Media management with bytea storage
- Comprehensive admin dashboard
- Artist profile management
- Product catalogue with advanced filtering
- Security headers and CSRF protection
- Database health monitoring
- Docker containerisation support
- Implementing efficient image processing and storage in PostgreSQL as bytea
- Designing a scalable rate limiting system without external dependencies
- Creating a flexible role-based access control system
- Optimising database queries for large product catalogues
- Implementing secure payment webhook handling
- Managing complex state across multiple features
- Demonstrates production-ready e-commerce platform development
- Showcases clean separation of concerns with three-layer architecture
- Implements comprehensive security measures including rate limiting and CSRF protection
- Features scalable feature-based architecture supporting easy feature additions
- Includes optimised image processing pipeline with automatic format conversion
- Demonstrates admin dashboard patterns with role-based permissions