Veterans Track
Introduction to UI Architectures
Website architecture from a software architect's lens — covering content, access control, monetisation, performance, observability, compliance and deployment.
Domain 01 · Content & Data Management
Content Backup
Frequent automated backups of website content, database snapshots, media assets and configuration files.
Content Encryption
Encryption at rest and in transit for all public, private and paid content.
Content Search
Full-text search across open and authorised paid content with ACL-aware results.
CMS & Content Workflow
Headless CMS with draft, review, publish, version history and scheduled publishing.
CDN & Asset Delivery
Serve static assets and media through CDN with signed URLs for paid content.
Domain 02 · Access Control, Identity & Security
ACLs & Repository Gating
Private upload repository with admin-only promotion and tier-based access control.
RBAC
Define anonymous, registered, subscriber, moderator and admin roles clearly.
Authentication & MFA
Email login, OAuth, MFA, secure sessions, token refresh and secure logout.
Application Security
OWASP Top 10, WAF, HTTPS, CSP, HSTS, rate limiting and security scanning.
DRM & Content Protection
Watermarking, signed media tokens and content protection for paid content.
Domain 03 · Monetisation & Commerce
Payment Gateway
Subscription billing, failed payment retries, grace periods and PCI-DSS scope.
AdSense Open Content
Ads only on open content with strict isolation from paid zones.
Subscription Tiers
Free, basic and premium tiers must drive ACLs, UI rendering and access.
Invoices & Tax
Automated invoices, GST/VAT, refunds and cancellation workflows.
Domain 04 · Performance, Scalability & Reliability
Performance Budget
Define LCP, FID and CLS targets and measure them in CI.
Scalability
Horizontal scaling, connection pooling and Redis caching for traffic spikes.
High Availability
Multi-AZ deployment, health checks, failover and 99.9% uptime target.
Caching Strategy
Separate caching for open, authenticated and paid content zones.
Disaster Recovery
Define RTO, RPO, restoration tests and failover runbooks.
Rate Limiting
Prevent scraping, brute force login attempts and API abuse.
Domain 05 · Administration, Reporting & Observability
Admin Reports
Subscriber counts, revenue, engagement, churn and ad performance reports.
Observability
Logs, Sentry, uptime monitoring, payment alerts and security dashboards.
User Analytics
Track anonymous to registered to subscriber conversion funnels.
Audit Trail
Immutable logs for admin actions, payments and paid content access.
Domain 06 · UX, SEO, Legal & Compliance
SEO Architecture
SSR, structured data, canonical URLs, sitemap and public content discoverability.
Privacy Compliance
GDPR, CCPA, cookie consent, right-to-erasure and data retention.
Accessibility
WCAG 2.1 AA, keyboard navigation, screen reader support and colour contrast.
Notifications
Transactional emails, in-app notifications and unsubscribe management.
Domain 07 · Infrastructure & Deployment
Infrastructure-as-Code
Terraform-based reproducible, version-controlled and auditable infrastructure.
CI/CD Pipeline
Automated build, test, security scan and zero-downtime deployment.
Environment Strategy
Separate dev, staging and production with safe payment gateway testing.
Domain & DNS
Primary domain, api/admin/cdn/pay subdomains, DNS failover and certificate management.