Introduction

Capturit is similar to a social media platform, but it focuses on saving a person’s memories of what is happening in their life. I will guide you on how to set up the backend project for Capturit.

Technology Stack

Backend

We are using Laravel 11 for our backend, along with other first-party libraries

• Laravel Octane: Speeds up handling HTTP requests with optimized server workers.
• Laravel Horizon: Monitors job queues with a real-time dashboard.
• Laravel Telescope: Helps debug and track app activity.
• Laravel Pulse: Monitors performance, like slow routes and queries.
• Laravel Sail: Makes local development easier with a ready-to-use Docker setup.
• Laravel Forge: Used for server management and deployment.

Database

• MySQL

Cache

• REDIS

Services

We are using third-party services

• Ably: Used for real-time messaging and updates.
• SendGrid: Used for sending recovery codes via email.
• Sentry: Used for monitoring and tracking errors.
• Firebase Cloud Messaging: Used for sending push notifications.
• Cloudflare R2: Used for storage of images and database backups
• Vultr: Used for hosting the server

Note

The FCM is integrated with Ably, but we are unable to make it work in the mobile app. Therefore, we are using the vanilla FCM to send push notifications to the mobile app.

Next, I’ll show you how to set up the backend for local development.