Sunsetters

Social media that focuses on capturing the sunsets on planet Earth (no sunrises!). Deployed master branch: https://main.d3byukh2m7etfz.amplifyapp.com

Overview

On a technical level this is a news feed system where users can follow each other and create posts upload images featuring sunsets. Most of the functionality implemented are based on AWS.

Features

• Stack: Node.js + React TS + Vite

• Authentication: Amazon Cognito for secure user authentication.

• API: GraphQL endpoint with AWS AppSync.

• Database: Real-time database powered by Amazon DynamoDB.

• Storage: Amazon S3 utilized for media storage.

• Fanout: Utilizes Amazon SNS and SQS (+Lambda functions) for fanout messaging.