builder555/silvernews

Hacker News clone for finance

silvernews

Hacker News clone for finance

Usage

Docker

Use compose-dev.yml:

#start:
docker compose -f compose-dev.yml up -d --build
#stop:
docker compose -f compose-dev.yml down

silvernews's Issues

Setup backend (depends on #1)

infra:

• create a service to fetch stories from db
• set up db
• create gateway/interface to interact with services
• create pub/sub

functionality:

• able to take requests from front-end
• able to store/retrieve data
• able to authenticate users

prototype ui

• show a list of news items
• able to add/remove an upvote, downvote
• able to comment on each item
• able to sign up (use recaptcha)
• able to sign in
• able to change password

Define architecture

Pick design strategy:

• plane
• microservies
• serverless
• custom-built backend
• something else?

Select data storage option

• SQL
• NoSQL
• something else?

add time-based locks

after 1 day:

• cannot edit existing comments
• cannot delete comments

after 10 days:

• cannot make new comments on a story
• cannot delete stories

prevent spam

should not be able to post more than 2 stories per hour from a single account

Come up with a scaling strategy

Build scrapers

• https://www.elitetrader.com/et/
• https://quantocracy.com/
• https://www.zerohedge.com/
• https://seekingalpha.com/market-news