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title: "PineStem"
date: 2018-04-22T09:14:29+05:30
description: "PineStem is a project management tool that has been build with an Agile philosophy in mind. It has an integrated bug tracking tool, kanban board, billing system and various reports that provide insights into an employee's performance." 
tags: ["AngularJS", "Material Design", "MariaDB", "NSQ", "Gitlab CI / CD", "Microservices", "Profiling"]
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link: "https://pinestem.com"
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<p>PineStem is a project management tool that has been build with an Agile philosophy in mind. It has an integrated bug tracking tool, kanban board, billing system and various reports that provide insights into an employee's performance.</p>

<p>I was responsible to provide technical guidance on the project. Following are the some of the key areas that I worked on,

<ul>
    <li>Set up the base for the frontend code. Took into account the size of the project, functionalities needed and recommended guidelines when structuring the project.</li>
    <li>Provided directions to break down the monolithic backend codebase into smaller microservices.</li>
    <li>Approved and oversaw the integration of any new plugin that were needed.</li>
    <li>Architechted the module based ACL system on both the frontend and the backend.</li>        
    <li>Designed the system that allows users to select their own timezone and date formats.</li>
    <li>Designed the backend notification system through which all user notifications are sent, based on their preferences.</li>
    <li>Analyzed and improved frontend portal performance specifically on Internet Explorer and Edge.</li>
    <li>DevOps - Performed the productions server setup and laid down instructions to be followed for future deployments.</li>
</ul>
</p>