Overview
Bastard is a full-scale e-commerce platform built and deployed for a startup, where I later joined as a core development team member.
What Users Can Do
- Browse Products: View and search products.
- Authentication: Secure login and signup.
- Checkout Flow: End-to-end purchase experience.
- Admin APIs: Product and order management.
- Optimized Performance: Production-ready builds.
Why I Built This
- To experience real-world production constraints.
- To design scalable backend APIs.
- To understand deployment, optimization, and stability.
Tech Stack
- Node.js
- Express.js
- MongoDB
- Webpack
- Babel
After Launch & Impact
- Deployed a live production system.
- Learned performance optimization and build tooling.
- Gained real startup development experience.
Future Plans
- Payment gateway expansion.
- Analytics dashboard.
- Microservices migration.
