shrinkat

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Activites
• Challenges & Solutions
• Lessons Learnt
• Conclusion

Introduction

shrinkat is a tiny url shortener

• Went Live: March 11 2024
• Problem statement: In an effort to remove complextity from my work, I have been going on a journey exploring lightweight easy to use tools.
• Goal: Integrate Sveltekit and Pocketbase

Activites

• Setting up a Sveltkit app
• Setting up a Pocketbase database
  • Data moddelling within the bounds of Pocketbase
• Linking the database to the app

Challenges & Solutions

Deployment of the Pocketbase database - that is the major challenge I have.

Lessons Learnt

• How the Pocketbase API works
• How to use the authentication service Pocketbase offers

Conclusion

Working on this integration was very eye opening. Learnt of the simplicity of sqlite and that lead me to more interesting things.