Vortex — Scalable Content Platform
Containerized blogging and chat app load-tested to 10,000 concurrent users.
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A content platform that combines blogging and chat with containerized deployment and serious load targets.
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Stack
Python · Docker · MySQL
What it does
- Full-stack blogging + chat application
- Fully containerized via Docker for consistent environments across dev and prod
- Load tested with Locust — sustains 10,000 concurrent users
- Optimized database schema designed for complex relational data
Engineering notes
The 10k concurrent users benchmark wasn’t accidental — I built the schema with that ceiling in mind, then validated it with Locust to confirm. Docker containerization meant zero “works on my machine” issues during testing.