Blog Platform Backend

Why this project

Content platforms appear in many interviews. Draft/publish workflow and slug uniqueness are talking points.

Tech stack

Skills demonstrated

• Content lifecycle
• Slug generation
• Comment moderation
• Tag many-to-many

Interview talking points

• Draft vs PUBLISHED state and who can see what
• Unique slug generation and collision handling
• Comment spam prevention basics
• Author-only edit authorization

Problem statement

Authors publish posts with tags, drafts vs published status, and comments. Readers browse published posts, search by tag, and comment (with moderation flag). Slug-based URLs for posts.