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Architecture diagram: browser → edge → Next.js and Fastify API → PostgreSQL and MinIO, with an Authentik identity laneARTICLE
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circle: a social network with no ads, no trackers — and no email field

The architecture of circle.xwira.tech: Authentik identity with handle+TOTP instead of email, activity-stream feeds in plain PostgreSQL, DMs, and an invite-only front door.

adeel · 1h ago · 7m
Architecture diagram: OpenStreetMap data indexed by Photon, wrapped by a Bun adapter API behind the edgeARTICLE
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Wrapping a geocoder: the adapter pattern in production

address.xwira.tech answers worldwide address searches using OpenStreetMap data — through a thin API adapter that keeps the heavy geocoder private and the public contract stable.

adeel · 1h ago · 5m
Architecture diagram: GeoNames dumps flow through loader scripts into PostgreSQL, served by a Bun API behind a Traefik edgeARTICLE
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Building a free postcode API for 60+ countries

How xwira serves 8.6 million places from PostgreSQL on self-hosted Kubernetes — the data pipeline, the query design, and why free is sustainable.

adeel · 1h ago · 5m
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