Video link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Or4VtZboXlcyDr0DQRLGTbXOepcPxc0c/view?usp=sharing

📖 The Story

Chapter 1: The Problem 🔍

Universities and offices lose thousands of items every day. Traditional lost & found systems are ineffective — paper logs go missing, matching is slow, and people seldom follow up. A digital solution was essential. Now, manual efforts are replaced by instant digital notifications.

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🛠️ Technology Stack

Frontend & UX

• ASP.NET Core MVC 8.0
  
• Bootstrap 5.3
  
• SignalR for real-time updates
  
• JavaScript ES6+
  
• Custom CSS for branding and animations
  

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Backend & API

• ASP.NET Core 8.0
  
• Entity Framework Core 8.0
  
• ASP.NET Identity (auth)
  
• Background AI processing services
  
• RESTful APIs
  

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Data & Storage

• SQL Server (optimized)
  
• Entity Framework migrations
  

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🌐 Deployment Architecture

Development

• Visual Studio 2022 with hot reload
  
• Git version control
  
• Docker containers
  
• Local SQL Server with seed data
  

Production (Azure)

• Azure App Service
  
• Azure SQL Database with backups
  
• Azure Application Insights
  
• Azure Key Vault
  

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🔄 CI/CD Pipeline Journey

Continuous Integration

• GitHub Actions (build/test on commit)
  
• Multi-stage builds
  
• Dependency management
  

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Continuous Deployment

• Azure DevOps Pipelines
  
• EF Core database migrations
  

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Monitoring & Observability

• Real-time performance monitoring
  
• Centralized logging
  
• Alert management
  
• User analytics
  

Built With

• .net
• asp.net
• aspnetcore
• azure
• ci/cd
• css3
• html5
• signalr
• sqlserver