Problem Statement
My favourite character in the show Silicon Valley, had made this price alert for Bitcoin which rang with a very loud and obnoxious song every time Bitcoin went up or down a certain price point. I found the idea very funny and interesting so I decided to build my own version using Amazon Alexa.
Detailed Blog
Features
> Ingesting real time cryptocurrency data and processing it.
> Letting users create alerts using an API through a frontend client.
> Alerts can be triggered when the specified cryptocurrency goes below or above the price specified by the user.
> Alexa will announce that an alert has been triggered with the alert details.
Tech Stack
Golang, Redis
Architecture Diagram
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/f4283e44-84e5-44e9-9405-455edad542f4/f034cc01-1a94-4411-865f-f3893b38cbb4_rw_1920.png?h=56818488e86b41aed02d334670ba1675)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/f4283e44-84e5-44e9-9405-455edad542f4/f56c9283-dd57-4523-a297-a9846c4c3807_rw_1920.png?h=06e54d184a3dfdfad407649986a4783b)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/f4283e44-84e5-44e9-9405-455edad542f4/fc2aadc4-86cb-4ca9-99d5-4f9e69f0a4e7_rw_1920.png?h=5c111cff5f9816f3d0aeed7eb52f7844)
Demo