Platform Architecture Overview

27 February 2026|2 min read||

System Architecture

The Little Research Lab platform follows a clean separation between frontend and backend, deployed as independent services on Fly.io.

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Content Data Flow

Content moves through a well-defined pipeline from creation to rendering:

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Hexagonal Architecture

The backend uses ports and adapters (hexagonal architecture) to keep the domain pure and testable:

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Deployment Pipeline

Code flows from development through CI/CD to production with quality gates at each stage:

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