Jewish Data

Jewish Data is an information-focused website created to present data, research, or resources related to Jewish communities.The platform prioritizes accuracy, accessibility, and responsible presentation.

• Ensuring data accuracy and clarity
• Presenting sensitive topics responsibly
• Serving a diverse audience

• MVC Structural Design: Utilized MVC routing patterns to decouple controller operations from display layers. Accepted the initial setup trade-offs to ensure modular code structure and long-term maintenance simplicity.
• Database Catalog Indexing: Used relational database-level indexing for simple catalog lookups. Accepted the trade-off of higher memory usage on database nodes to avoid the operational complexity of integrating an external search engine.

• Data and resource presentation
• Topic-based organization
• Clear explanatory content
• Accessible, neutral design

• Deadlock Mitigation: Discovered that database queries during concurrent updates must execute in sequential order using transaction blocks to prevent locking issues.
• Schema Drift Control: Established strict migrations scripts checks to verify database schema consistency across staging and production environments.