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Tools

This is the tech stack that we are using for the myLocal software initiative.

Backend Code

  • Go

    Go is the backbone of our backend, powering a headless API that serves both our web and mobile applications. We’re starting with a monolithic architecture to keep development agile and efficient, but as traffic scales, we’ll gradually transition to a microservices approach for better modularity and performance. Go’s concurrency model and efficiency make it the perfect choice for building a scalable, high-performance system.

  • Fiber

    Fiber is our high-performance web framework built in Go, inspired by Express.js. It provides a minimalist yet powerful API that makes developing scalable, fast web applications a breeze, ensuring that our services remain efficient and responsive as they grow.

  • GORM

    GORM powers the simple, fast REST routes in our backend, giving us clean, maintainable access to PostgreSQL. It’s lightweight and flexible—perfect for the early modular architecture—while we reserve Ent + GraphQL for more complex, structured routes.

  • Ent

    Ent is our ORM for Go, designed to provide a structured and type-safe way to interact with our database. We use Ent to power our more complex GraphQL routes, where strong schema modeling, automatic migrations, and graph-based querying help us build reliable, maintainable, and scalable data layers—while keeping performance and developer experience top of mind.

  • Llama

    Llama powers myLocal’s site monitoring and discovery engine, analyzing site usage patterns to flag abuse and identifying local businesses to list. By leveraging AI-driven insights, it helps maintain a safe, high-quality platform while expanding the local business network.

  • Kafka

    Kafka will be used in myLocal once our data volume scales to justify event-driven messaging and real-time data streaming. It will enable scalable, decoupled communication between services, ensuring smooth performance as traffic grows.

Frontend Code

  • Next.js

    Next.js is the foundation of our front-end, providing a powerful React framework that enables server-side rendering and static site generation. It allows us to build a fast, scalable, and SEO-friendly web application while keeping development efficient.

  • Relay

    Relay is our data-fetching library for managing GraphQL in the front end, ensuring highly efficient and declarative data loading. It optimizes performance with automatic caching, batching, and pagination, reducing unnecessary network requests and improving responsiveness. By using Relay with myLocal, we ensure a scalable, type-safe, and predictable way to handle complex data interactions.

  • Tailwind

    Tailwind CSS is our styling framework of choice, enabling us to build a modern, responsive UI with utility-first classes. It keeps our styles consistent, scalable, and easy to maintain while allowing for rapid development without writing custom CSS. By leveraging Tailwind’s flexibility and efficiency, we ensure that myLocal has a clean, polished design that adapts seamlessly across devices.

Mobile Code

  • React Native

    React Native, written in TypeScript, powers the mylo mobile app, enabling fast, cross-platform development for iOS and Android. Its efficient, declarative approach ensures a scalable, high-performance user experience.

  • Expo

    Expo is our mobile development platform, providing a seamless workflow for building, deploying, and testing React Native apps. It accelerates development with a rich set of tools, libraries, and services, ensuring that myLocal’s mobile app is feature-rich, performant, and user-friendly.

  • Relay

    We use Relay on mobile the same way we use it on the web, ensuring a consistent and efficient data-fetching experience across platforms.

  • NativeWind

    NativeWind is our utility-first styling library for React Native, inspired by Tailwind CSS. It allows us to build a consistent, responsive UI with minimal effort, ensuring that our mobile app looks great and performs well on all devices.

  • Zustand

    Zustand is our state management library for React, providing a simple and efficient way to manage global state in our mobile app. It enables us to share data across components, keep our app responsive, and maintain a clean, scalable codebase.

Storage

  • PostgreSQL

    PostgreSQL is our relational database of choice, providing a robust and scalable solution for storing structured data. It ensures data integrity, ACID compliance, and powerful querying capabilities, making it the perfect fit for our transactional needs.

  • PostGIS

    PostGIS extends PostgreSQL with powerful geospatial capabilities, allowing myLocal to efficiently store, query, and analyze location-based data. We use it to manage business locations, delivery areas, and geographic search features, ensuring accurate and high-performance spatial queries. By leveraging PostGIS, we provide fast, scalable, and precise geospatial data handling, enhancing location-based services within myLocal.

  • Redis

    Redis is our in-memory data store for caching and session management, enabling fast and efficient data access. It helps us reduce database load, speed up response times, and scale our services by storing frequently accessed data in memory.

  • S3

    Amazon S3 is our cloud storage solution, offering scalable, secure, and highly available object storage for myLocal. It allows us to store and retrieve data at any scale, ensuring durability and low latency for our assets. By using S3, we can efficiently manage our content, reduce operational overhead, and deliver a seamless user experience.

  • R2

    Cloudflare R2 is our cache asset storage solution, providing low-latency, cost-efficient object storage without egress fees. We use R2 to store and serve cached assets, ensuring fast delivery and reduced load on our primary infrastructure. By leveraging R2’s distributed edge network, we optimize performance, improve page load speeds, and keep operational costs minimal while maintaining a seamless user experience.

Deployment

  • GitHub

    GitHub is our version control and CI/CD platform, enabling seamless collaboration and efficient development for myLocal. We follow the GitHub Flow branching pattern, using feature branches, pull requests, and code reviews to ensure a smooth and structured development process.

  • Actions

    With GitHub Actions, we automate testing, deployments, and code quality checks, streamlining our DevOps pipeline and accelerating feature releases. By leveraging GitHub’s powerful ecosystem, we maintain a robust, secure, and efficient workflow that keeps our codebase clean, scalable, and always deployment-ready.

  • Docker

    Docker Containers power our consistent and scalable development environment, ensuring that myLocal runs smoothly across different systems. For local development, we use Docker Compose to define and manage our multi-container setup, making it easy to spin up the database, backend, and other services with a single command. This allows developers to work in a replicable, hassle-free environment, reducing setup time and ensuring consistency across teams.

  • Kubernetes

    Kubernetes powers myLocal’s scalable, resilient infrastructure, automating deployment, scaling, and management of our containerized services. With load balancing, rolling updates, and self-healing, it ensures high availability and smooth performance.

Services

  • Vision

    Google Vision powers our AI-driven image analysis, enabling myLocal to extract meaningful data from images with OCR, object detection, and label recognition. We use it to analyze product lists, customers lists, and menu images, making it easier for businesses to digitize and manage their offerings.

  • Maps

    Google Maps API is our location intelligence solution, enabling myLocal to provide accurate mapping, geolocation, and place search functionality. We use it to help users discover local businesses, navigate to storefronts, and optimize delivery routes with ease. By leveraging Google Maps' powerful geospatial data and seamless integration, we enhance the user experience while ensuring businesses are easily found by their customers.

  • SendGrid

    SendGrid is our email delivery service, ensuring reliable and scalable transactional and marketing email communication for myLocal. We use it to send order confirmations, customer notifications, and business updates with high deliverability and detailed analytics. By leveraging SendGrid’s API-driven approach and templating system, we provide a seamless, automated email experience that keeps customers and businesses connected.