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Academy LMS

Enterprise Learning Management System

MY ROLE
Full Stack Backend Lead
CLIENT / CONTEXT
Education & Certification
TIMELINE & STATUS
Production Platform
INTERACTIVE SYSTEM RUNTIME VISUALIZATION
SKILLUP_CORE // HORIZON_QUEUE_CLUSTER
ENGINEERING SCHEMATIC
STAGE 01 // INGESTION
API Gateway
Laravel 11 REST APIThroughput: 2040 req/s
SHA-256 Idempotency Lock
STAGE 02 // CONCURRENCY
Redis & Horizon
16 Supervisor DaemonsJobs Enqueued: 32
128MB Memory Cap / Auto-Recycle
STAGE 03 // PERSISTENCE
MySQL 8 Replica Split
Composite Covering IndexesLatency: < 38ms p99
Zero Lost Transactions (ACID)

The Engineering Challenge

Managing complex student lifecycle state transitions across multiple prerequisite modules while maintaining strict role-based separation and zero unauthorized access.

Developed a secure, integrated LMS platform to manage courses, track student progress sequentially, and handle user permissions using Services Design Pattern, strengthened with CSP headers and dedicated Admin Guards.

Core Architectural Responsibilities

  • Applied Services Design Pattern (UserLifeCycleService) to handle state calculations.
  • Implemented Content Security Policy (CSP) headers, Rate Limiting, and Admin Guards.
  • Constructed student certification generators with cryptographically verified serials.
  • Built real-time quiz assessment and progress milestone telemetry.

System Architecture

Layered architecture cleanly segregating Controllers, Services, and Repositories, backed by middleware security filters and automated role-based capability verification.

Laravel Middleware

Security Middleware

CSP header enforcement, rate limiting, and session verification.

Domain Service

UserLifeCycleService

Sequential course progression and eligibility state machine.

PHP 8.3 CLI

Quiz Assessment Engine

Automated grade calculation and credential issuance.

MySQL 8.0

Core Database

Course curricula, video metadata, and student progress records.

Key Technical Decisions & Trade-Offs

Services Design Pattern

Separated business rules out of controllers into testable, reusable domain service classes.

Cryptographic Certificate Verification

Public verification URLs allow employers to authenticate student credentials via signed SHA-256 hashes.

Technologies Deployed

Laravel 13.xSQLite/MySQLDockerCSP HeadersRate Limiting

Lessons Learned & Retrospective

  • Observation #1: Strict CSP headers require careful noncing for inline scripts and styles.
  • Observation #2: Course video playback positions should be debounced before submitting progress heartbeats.

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