During my recent gig, I got a chance to design a backend architecture from scratch for a startup. This was the time to explore and create an architecture that is minimal, easy to understand as well…

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The system was divided into three layers (public layer, app layer, and data layer) each having its own subnet span across two availability zones in a region. We have divided the complete system into different modules:Static web app: We had a static website that was deployed on S3 and served using the static web hosting feature provided by S3. All domains were routed through Route53. Backend production system: The backend app server was deployment on EC2 instances managed through an auto-scaling group.

Architecture for a startup

<p>For a startup I would suggest the new DigitalOcean App platform. It’s based on kubernetes and you don’t need to do any server configuration 🙌</p>
