Startline

Technical skills demonstrated in this project

• Product & frontend

  • Next.js 15 App Router with TypeScript and Tailwind for a fast, responsive UI.
  • Event discovery UX: browse and filter competitions by type, Australian state, date range, and individual vs team format.
  • Radix-based accessible components (accordions, composition patterns) alongside a cohesive dark, athletic visual style.

• Data & persistence

  • Prisma as the data access layer with a PostgreSQL database.
  • PostgreSQL on AWS RDS with separate non-production and production databases (`startline-nonprod-postgres` / `startline-prod-postgres`).
  • Clear separation of app schema/migrations from operational concerns documented in the deployment guide.

• AWS infrastructure (Terraform)

  • Multi-environment Terraform (`module.env[*]`) provisioning VPCs, RDS, Cognito user pools, and per-branch Amplify configuration.
  • Shared concerns: Route 53 for `startlineau.com`, S3-backed remote state, and GitHub OIDC trust for CI roles.
  • Terraform applies on merge to `main`; application deploys are decoupled and run on `non-production` / `production` branches only.

• CI/CD & release discipline

  • GitHub Actions: `terraform-plan` on PRs (fmt, validate, plan + PR comment) and `terraform-apply` on push to `main` when infra changes.
  • Promotion flow `feature → main → non-production → production` with documented reset procedures for staging.
  • Awareness of ordering: new Amplify env vars from Terraform require a branch rebuild or console redeploy to take effect.

• Integrations & operations

  • Transactional email via Resend (API key supplied as a GitHub Actions / Amplify secret).
  • Cognito-backed authentication shape in infrastructure; operational defaults like RDS deletion protection differ sensibly between prod and nonprod.