Anime platform

From API Challenge to Full-Featured Anime Platform

What began as a personal API integration challenge quickly transformed into a comprehensive anime platform. The project's core challenge was working with Jikan's anime API, which had strict limitations of 60 requests per minute.

Key technical achievements included:

• Implementing advanced optimization strategies like request bundling, caching (including "server caching") and rate limiting
• Developing a PostgreSQL database through Supabase
• Creating a robust authentication system with custom login and Google OAuth
• Resolving complex technical challenges like preventing metadata overwrites during OAuth sessions

The development process emphasized user experience, incorporating:

• Personalized ratings and watchlists
• Enhanced filtering systems
• Google Translate integration for international accessibility

A notable ethical decision involved exploring anime episode streaming. Despite successfully developing a backend aggregation engine, I chose not to publicly release content-scraping functionality due to potential legal ambiguities.

The project ultimately demonstrated my ability to creatively solve technical challenges, design user-focused features, and make principled technical decisions that balance capability with ethical considerations.

Project Outcomes

This project demonstrates my ability to:

• Solve complex technical challenges creatively
• Implement efficient optimization strategies
• Design user-focused features and interfaces
• Make thoughtful technical decisions considering both capabilities and ethical implications
• Adapt and expand project scope based on user needs and feedback