🧭 My SaaS Journey: Metadata Management Platform
Welcome to my build-in-public journey! I’m building a metadata management platform that helps engineering and data teams manage metadata structures at scale.
🛠️ Current Stack: Node.js • React • Clerk Auth • Fly.io • TailwindCSS • shadcn/ui • GitLab • WebSockets
🚀 Current Milestone: Bootstrap Phase
✅ What’s Done:
🎯 Landing Page: Live and deployed — simple and focused on value prop
🔒 Authentication: Clerk.dev (JWT secured auth + user management)
🛠️ Backend:
- Node.js + Express
- CORS, Routers, JWT middleware
- WebSocket support for real-time events
🌐 Frontend:
- React
- TailwindCSS
- shadcn/ui
🌗 Dark Mode / Light Mode toggle implemented!
🚀 Deployment:
📄 GitLab Pages set up for this public journey
📦 Tech Stack Overview
| Layer | Tool/Service |
|---|---|
| Frontend | React + Tailwind + shadcn/ui |
| Auth | Clerk.dev (JWT) |
| Backend | Node.js + Express |
| Realtime | WebSockets |
| Infra | Fly.io |
| Domain | Namecheap |
| CI/CD | Coming soon via GitLab |
| Markdown Site | GitLab Pages |
🗓️ What’s Next
🔧 Upcoming Features:
🏗️ CI/CD Pipeline: GitLab CI/CD for automatic backend + frontend deploys
🔌 Connector #1: Databricks Integration
Ingest metadata via:
- 🧩 AWS Step Functions
- ⚙️ AWS Lambda
- 🗄️ DynamoDB
📊 Schema Designer UI for defining and managing metadata
🔍 Metadata Entity Search & Filters
📈 Dashboard MVP
💡 Vision
Metadata is often scattered and inconsistent. My platform will provide a single source of truth for managing metadata definitions, connections, and lineage — all with a clean UI and developer-first experience.
✨ Follow the Journey
- Weekly updates posted here
- Transparent about what works, what breaks, and what pivots
- Feel free to follow along, give feedback, or even contribute ideas!
🗓️ Last updated: July 2025