Ackee Exchange

Inspiration

The inspiration came from ignorance towards the price of goods & commodities in the agriculture industry.

What it does

The idea is that the platform helps facilitate real-time trades between farmers & wholesale buyers by allowing farmers to list their goods in large volumes and essentially put them up for auction.

How we built it

We built the frontend application using Next.js, leveraging open-source component libraries and other dependencies. The backend API was developed with Java Spring Boot. For deployment, we utilized a variety of AWS services to facilitate hosting, real-time data streaming, and CI/CD workflows.

Challenges we ran into

While we're well-versed with the technologies we used, we encountered some issues fully setting up the deployment strategies and haven't yet completed all planned features.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We built a functioning, interactive prototype that demonstrates real-time auction capabilities, integrated a robust backend API, and successfully leveraged AWS services to streamline our workflow, despite deployment challenges. Additionally, we've created a responsive and user-friendly interface that clearly represents our vision.

What we learned

We deepened our understanding of complex deployment pipelines, particularly around AWS infrastructure. We also gained insights into managing real-time data streams efficiently and effectively integrating frontend and backend components.

What's next for Ackee Exchange

Next steps include completing the remaining planned features, refining our deployment pipeline, enhancing the real-time auction features, incorporating user authentication and security measures, and collecting user feedback for further iterative development.

Built With

• amazon-web-services
• blockchain
• java
• javascript
• nextjs
• openai
• postgresql
• snowflake
• springboot
• typescript