Kolbak - Webhook Service

Project Overview

Kolbak is a robust webhook management service that allows applications to register, send, and receive webhooks. It includes retry logic, payload validation(HMAC digital signature), and a dashboard for monitoring.

Challenges

• Designing a scalable architecture that can handle high volumes of webhook events
• Added support for webhook signatures for enhanced security
• Implementing reliable retry logic for failed webhook deliveries

Future Improvements

• Creating a user-friendly dashboard for monitoring webhook activity
• Implement replaying mechanism
• Create SDKs for popular programming languages

Reflection

This project taught me a lot about distributed systems and event-driven architectures. I gained experience with queue processing and handling asynchronous operations at scale. I also learnt how to work with Kafka on Nest.js Microservices setup.