AYcom

A modern, microservices-based social media application inspired by Twitter (X).
Developed using Go (backend), gRPC, Flask (AI service), and Svelte + shadcn/ui (frontend).
AYcom is designed for scalable, real-time, and secure thread-based conversations with integrated AI-powered features.

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Table of Contents

1. Project Overview
2. Features
3. Architecture
4. Mockup Screenshot

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Project Overview

Project Name

AYcom – X Clone with Go and Svelte

Description

AYcom is a full-stack social media clone of Twitter (X) built with a distributed microservices architecture.
The application supports user authentication, posting, commenting, likes, and community creation.
It also integrates an AI-powered Tweet Category Recommender that suggests a category for the tweet based on the typed text.

The project showcases a robust system design with Go-based microservices, gRPC for inter-service communication, RabbitMQ for messaging, and PostgreSQL for persistent storage.

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Features

• Frontend (Svelte + shadcn/ui + TypeScript)

  • Responsive UI (desktop, tablet, mobile)
  • Light/Dark mode
  • Post tweets, comments, and likes
  • View and edit profile with bio, followers, and tweets list
  • Join/create communities

• Backend (Go Microservices)

  • Independent microservices with PostgreSQL per service
  • gRPC for high-performance communication
  • RabbitMQ for async messaging
  • API Gateway for routing and authentication
  • Security: JWT, access/refresh tokens, password salting, reCAPTCHA

• AI Integration (Flask + Python)

  • AI-powered Tweet Category Recommendation based on typed text
  • Custom NLP model trained on provided dataset for text classification
  • Deployed as a Flask microservice and integrated with the main application

• DevOps

  • Dockerized services (frontend, backend, AI)
  • Docker Compose for multi-container orchestration

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Mockup Screenshot

• Home Page

• Profile Page

• Community Detail Page

• Post Detail Page