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samuel-torres.com
Role
A wellness/nutrition platform built to practice a full classic web stack end-to-end: structured backend, persistence, and a containerized environment. A personal project.
Core stack
PHP OOP · MySQL · Docker · MVC · JavaScript · HTML/CSS · Docker Compose
Code
What it is
A wellness/nutrition platform with user accounts and the kind of tracking features typical of that category, built with a classic, deliberately structured PHP MVC stack instead of a framework, to practice the underlying architecture directly.
How it's built
- PHP with an object-oriented MVC structure: Models, Views and Controllers kept in separate layers rather than mixed together.
- MySQL for persistence, accessed through the Model layer rather than queried directly from views or controllers.
- Containerized with Docker and orchestrated with Docker Compose, so the app and database spin up together with one command instead of manual local setup.
- Frontend built with vanilla JavaScript and HTML/CSS, no frontend framework.
Design notes
Business logic lives in Models and Controllers, not scattered into View templates — a template that starts making database calls is a sign the separation is breaking down.
The app and its MySQL database are defined together in one Compose file, so the environment doesn't depend on whatever happens to already be installed on a given machine.
Short version (portfolio card)
A wellness platform built with a classic PHP OOP/MVC structure, MySQL persistence, and a Docker Compose environment covering both app and database.
Resume / LinkedIn bullets
- Built a wellness platform in PHP with an object-oriented MVC architecture and MySQL persistence.
- Containerized the full stack (app + database) with Docker Compose for a reproducible dev environment.
- Implemented the frontend with vanilla JavaScript and HTML/CSS, no framework dependency.