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Until Every Cage is Empty

Full-stack geospatial platform for animal rights

01. System Overview

Architected and led the development of a full-stack, open-source geospatial platform. The project engineered a high-performance RESTful API in Rust (Axum) to serve over 56,000 documented facilities to journalists, activists, and researchers, deployed on Shuttle.

02. Engineering Challenges

Obstacle_01

Developing robust Python ETL pipelines to aggregate, clean, and standardize data from dozens of disparate public sources

Obstacle_02

Engineering a high-performance API in Rust to handle thousands of concurrent requests

Obstacle_03

Managing open-source development and collaborating with a global team to secure a seed grant from the Pollination Project

03. System Outcomes

  • Drove project adoption through social media outreach, achieving over 100k views
  • Gained recognition from key organizations in the non-profit sector and mentioned in animal rights newsletters
  • Secured crowd-funded donations and a seed grant to sustain development

04. Visual Records

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