sc2ranks

About SC2Ranks

SC2Ranks is a comprehensive StarCraft II ranking and statistics platform that provides detailed player rankings, and competitive analysis for the StarCraft II community. This platform serves as a central hub for StarCraft II players to track their competitive progress, analyze their performance, and compare their skills with other players in the community.

The platform features global leaderboards with comprehensive ranking systems across all leagues and regions, detailed player profiles including win rates, and performance trends, and in-depth league analysis with breakdowns of performance across different competitive leagues. Historical data tracking spans multiple competitive seasons, providing players with long-term progress insights.

The platform maintains real-time synchronization with Blizzard’s official APIs to ensure accurate and up-to-date player statistics. Community features include personalized player profiles with achievements, clan integration for team statistics, social features with player following systems, and custom achievement tracking.

The platform is designed to handle thousands of concurrent users while maintaining fast response times and accurate data delivery. It continues to evolve as the premier destination for StarCraft II competitive analysis, serving both casual players looking to improve their game and professional players seeking detailed performance insights.

My Role

As the lead developer and architect of SC2Ranks, I was responsible for the complete design, development, and deployment of this comprehensive gaming statistics platform. My key responsibilities included:

• Full-stack development using Laravel framework for scalable web application architecture
• Database design and optimization for complex gaming statistics and large datasets
• Integration with Blizzard’s Battle.net API for real-time data synchronization
• Implementation of high-performance caching strategies using Redis
• Development of interactive data visualization and charting systems
• Creating responsive design with Tailwind CSS for optimal mobile experience
• Setting up automated deployment and server management with Laravel Forge
• Performance optimization for handling thousands of concurrent users
• Implementation of comprehensive monitoring and analytics systems
• Database optimization with efficient indexing and query strategies

Technologies I worked with

• PHP / Laravel

• MySQL / Redis

• Nginx

• Tailwind CSS

• Blizzard Battle.net API

• Digital Ocean / Laravel Forge

• Database Queue Driver

• PHP / Laravel

• MySQL / SQLite / Redis

• Livewire

• Tailwind CSS / Sass

• Alpine.js

• Laravel Mix / Webpack

• Node.js / NPM

• PHPUnit

• Laravel Pint

• Stripe PHP SDK

• Blizzard API

• Predis

• Laravel Debugbar / Spatie Ignition

• Laravel Sail

• Mailgun

• StyleCI

• PostCSS / Autoprefixer