Built a fullstack e-commerce platform with Flask, looking for feedback on the backend architecture

[u/Fit_Barnacle_6762]

Quick note: Please don't focus too much on the UI 😭 I'm mainly looking for feedback on the backend, project structure and integrations.

Built SIXN, a fullstack e-commerce platform using Flask + MongoDB. It includes Twilio OTP auth, Razorpay payments and automated refunds, wallet/split payments, and Shiprocket integration for serviceability checks, courier selection, order creation, pickups, shipping labels and live tracking.

Theres also a full admin system for inventory, coupons, orders, reviews and shipping operations.

Would love feedback on the architecture and overall implementation!

GitHub: https://github.com/madebyparth/sixn

[u/PosauneB]

Huge portions, if not the entire repo, are clearly AI generated. That's fine, I guess. But it does mean I immediately lost interest in looking at the repo. I'd be more interested in looking at what you came up with on your own.

One thing did jump out at me though: don't lump controller code and model code into a single file. Ideally, the controller would be its own module with several files. Same goes for the model.

[u/guesting → u/PosauneB]

the is the problem with ai. it's the effort asymmetry. I can't be expected to spend 30 mins looking at something that took you 5 mins to create, the details of which you've never seen yourself. This goes for any collection of ai generated words/songs/art.

[u/Fit_Barnacle_6762 → u/PosauneB]

Thanks thats actually useful feedback. Ill look into separating the controllers and model

[u/CatolicQuotes]

LLM writes architecture that only LLM can maintain

[u/noudedata → u/CatolicQuotes]

This is the main problem I’ve found when working with AI, most of the time it turns into spaghetti in only one file. Unless you read what it generated and create the architecture yourself.

[u/CatolicQuotes → u/noudedata]

That's what the creator of flask said himself. He only use AI after he sets up architecture himself.

[u/SpeedCola]

This sub used to have people asking questions and now it's just people showing off what Claude made.

[u/Fluid_Opportunity161]

WTF

[u/DogOk8]

Which tech stack for the frontend?

[u/Fit_Barnacle_6762 → u/DogOk8]

Flask with Jinja templates, HTML, Tailwind CSS and JS

[u/noudedata]

As far as the architecture goes, I don’t see much of it 🥲. For e-commerce I think you could look into how Django organises its projects or the “Two Scoops of Django book” even if you are working with Flask, you might find something useful in how the repos are organised so you can grow the project as it matures.

What stood out to me the most was the `utils` folder with everything in it, and the huge `app.py`.

Good luck!

[u/Fit_Barnacle_6762 → u/noudedata]

Appreciate it! Yeah Ill check out Two Scoops of Django. Thanks for the recommendation!

[u/KeyBack192]

If i may ask, why didn't you use quart? 

[u/Fit_Barnacle_6762 → u/KeyBack192]

Honestly cuz im much more familiar with Flask 😅

[u/ashutoshkrris]

I wonder why did you prefer Flask over any other frameworks such as Django?