Overview
Zamykayka is a full-featured e-commerce platform built to manage products, orders, carts, payments, and delivery workflows. The goal was to create a high-performance online marketplace with a modern architecture, fast frontend, scalable backend, and reliable infrastructure optimized for speed and SEO.
Key Features
Product & Inventory Management
A modular Laravel-based API handles products, categories, filters, translations, and SEO. Redis caching reduces load on MySQL and improves response times across a large catalog.
Cart, Checkout & Order Processing
Dedicated modules for cart, checkout, and orders. Heavy operations like emails and notifications are processed in background queues using Redis.
Modern Next.js Frontend
Built with Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and shadcn/ui for a fast, mobile-friendly, SEO-optimized interface.
Performance & Reliability
Hosted on VPS with Nginx and automated backups. Redis caching and queue processing keep the API fast under high traffic.
Technologies Used
Backend
- PHP, Laravel
- MySQL
- Redis (cache + queues)
- Nginx, VPS with automated backups
Frontend
- JavaScript, Next.js
- Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui
Challenges & Learnings
Supporting thousands of products required database optimization and aggressive caching. Redis ensured fast catalog and cart operations while offloading MySQL. On the frontend, maintaining lightweight performance with dynamic filters, translations, and SEO routing required careful architectural choices.
Outcome
- Fast page loads and API response times
- Reliable order processing
- Efficient product management
- Infrastructure ready for scaling
