Tiaan Els Portfolio

Speakness - Advanced Media Integrated System

Client: Veriate

Media and Entertainment
Speakness - Advanced Media Integrated System

Objective

Develop an advanced system integrating various media functionalities.

Client Needs

  • Veriate envisioned 'Speakness' as a revolutionary media hub, a one-stop-shop for creators to manage, process, and collaborate on diverse media assets like never before.
  • The core challenge: Build a system that's not just feature-rich but also massively scalable to handle an explosion of data and users, all while delivering a buttery-smooth, real-time experience.

Our Solution

We brought Speakness to life as a cutting-edge, cloud-native powerhouse, built on a sophisticated microservices architecture. Think of it as a digital media factory, with specialized departments (services) working in perfect harmony on AWS.

A stunning React frontend offers an intuitive gateway to the platform's rich features, while a high-performance C# .NET backend orchestrates the complex media workflows, database interactions (PostgreSQL), and real-time magic via Firebase.

Implementation Highlights

The secret sauce? Automated media ingestion pipelines featuring S3, Lambda, and MediaConvert, making uploads and processing a breeze. It's like having a team of digital assistants for your media!

We engineered real-time collaboration features using WebSockets and Firebase, allowing users to connect and create together seamlessly, no matter where they are.

Underpinning it all is a robust PostgreSQL database for structured asset management, supercharged with Elasticsearch for lightning-fast search. And to keep things flowing smoothly, we set up CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Docker, ensuring rapid and reliable feature delivery.

Key Contributions

  • Leading the development of core media processing modules.
  • Designing and implementing scalable cloud architecture on AWS.
  • Integrating third-party APIs for enhanced media capabilities.
  • Implementing both frontend UI/UX components and backend API services.
  • Working on database design and cloud infrastructure setup.

Technologies Used

React
C#
PostgreSQL
AWS
Firebase
Docker
Kubernetes

Tags

Media Integration
Cloud-Native
Scalability