If you need help building:
FastAPI backends
REST APIs
Analytics dashboards
Data pipelines
Backend systems
My DMs are open for freelance work, retainers, and collaborations.
Shipped another big update to Sentinel_api today 🚀
Authentication is now taking shape with JWT auth, API key management, Redis, PostgreSQL, and more. One step closer to a productionready backend.
Building in public. 💻#buildinpublic#fastapi#fullstackengineer
Sentinel is a rate limiting and API monitoring platform I'm building with FastAPI.
The goal is to build something that reflects how production backend systems are designed, not just another CRUD project.
The biggest lesson today wasn't writing code......it was testing it.
Fixed Redis configuration, PostgreSQL connection issues, and authentication setup. That's the kind of work that turns a project into something reliable.
Today's work included:
JWT access & refresh tokens
API key generation & revocation
Password change
User profile endpoint
Logout & token refresh
Redis + PostgreSQL integration
End to end authentication testing
If you're looking for a Full-Stack Developer & Analytics Engineer to build APIs, dashboards, automation, or data platforms, my DMs are open.
Always happy to discuss freelance and long-term collaborations. 🤝
The goal isn't just another API.
I'm building Sentinel into a platform for API security, monitoring, analytics, and developer tooling one feature at a time.
Finished with the Pydantic schemas for boundary validation. Separation of concerns is key: never mix incoming payloads with outgoing responses. Next up: Cryptography and hashing layer. 🔐🚀 #Backend#FastAPI#PostgreSQL
Stress-tested the Redis rate-limiter for Sentinel today. The 429 circuit breaker fired perfectly under load. ✅ IP tracking is locked in, but enterprise SaaS requires real API Keys. Today, I migrated the core architecture to a persistent state. 🧵👇
Built the SQLAlchemy models. Strict 1-to-Many relationships between Users and API Keys. Used UUIDs to prevent IDOR attacks and cascading deletes to stop orphan data. 🗄️
Set up a heavy-duty PostgreSQL async connection pool using FastAPI and asyncpg. Configured 20 hot background connections so the database never bottlenecks under traffic spikes. ⚡️
Today as a Backend Engineer:
1. Built a high-performance Redis service for my API.
2. Implemented async connection pooling to handle spikes.
3.Added "Fail-Closed" safety for system stability.
4.Hooked into FastAPI lifecycle.
DM to connect! 🛠️ #buildinpublic#fastapi