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Aidan O'Brien

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SocialNet Prototype

ReactFlaskSQLAlchemyAxios

Social media prototype with RESTful API and full CRUD support

SocialNet is a prototype for a simple social media platform featuring a RESTful API backend built with Flask and a modern React frontend. The app supports full CRUD operations—allowing users to register, log in, post content, and manage profiles—through structured Axios requests to the backend API.

User data and posts are stored using SQLAlchemy, and user authentication is handled securely through Flask sessions. The project emphasizes a clean separation of concerns between backend logic, API routing, and frontend state management.

While the app is not intended for production use, building this project helped me grasp the challenges of managing a multilanguage codebase and designing layered architectures. It served as a valuable introduction to system design, API integration, and cross-stack communication.

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