# Women's Safety App Backend - Microservices Architecture

This project is a microservices-based backend for a women's safety application designed to handle millions of users.

## Architecture Overview
- **User Service**: Profile management, authentication
- **Emergency Service**: SOS alerts, emergency notifications
- **Location Service**: Geolocation, radius-based user discovery
- **Calendar Service**: Women's health calendar
- **Notification Service**: Push notifications
- **Gateway Service**: API Gateway and load balancing

## Technology Stack
- Python 3.11+ with FastAPI
- PostgreSQL with partitioning
- Redis for caching and sessions
- Celery for background tasks
- Kafka for event streaming
- Docker & Kubernetes
- Prometheus & Grafana for monitoring

## Development Guidelines
- Follow microservices patterns
- Use async/await for I/O operations
- Implement proper error handling and logging
- Use database migrations with Alembic
- Write comprehensive tests
- Follow security best practices