jakewray.ca

My personal portfolio website built with Rust, Leptos, and SQLite.

Live Site

• jakewray.dev

Architecture

• Backend: Rust with Leptos (SSR)
• Database: SQLite

Known Limitations

• Database Concurrency: The application uses embedded SQLite in WAL mode with a small connection pool (max_connections(5)). SQLite only allows one concurrent writer. Concurrent write bursts will queue (up to a 5s busy timeout) and could fail under heavy write load. This is acceptable for a personal blog/portfolio, but must be accounted for if write traffic scales.
• Reverse Proxy Setup: When deploying behind a reverse proxy (such as Nginx), you MUST configure the TRUSTED_PROXY_IPS environment variable with the proxy's IP address. If left unset, all client requests will appear to come from the proxy's IP, effectively disabling per-client rate limiting and causing all users to share the same rate limit bucket.

Development

Quick Start with Nix (Recommended)

direnv allow          # Load development environment
./scripts/setup-dev.sh # Setup database
cargo leptos watch    # Start dev server

See docs/LOCAL_DEV.md for detailed setup.

Without Nix

cargo install cargo-leptos
./scripts/setup-dev.sh
cargo leptos watch

Project Structure

• backend/ - Server-side Rust code
• frontend/ - Client-side Leptos components
• shared/ - Shared types and utilities
• flake.nix - Nix development environment
• .envrc - direnv configuration

Development Roadmap

• HTTPS/SSL - Let's Encrypt certificates
• Authentication - Password-protected admin panel
• Theme - Modern indigo design
• Admin features - Post creation
• Media library - Photo/video management
• Password hashing - Argon2 implementation
• Password reset - Email-based recovery