Published February 2026

RateMyUnit

Open-source platform for Australian university subject reviews with verified feedback, fast search, and scalable scraping pipelines.

React
Vite
Fastify
PostgreSQL
Redis
AWS
Terraform

View source on GitHub

RateMyUnit is a full-stack platform for Australian university subject reviews. It combines handbook scraping, verified student feedback, and fast search so students can make better enrolment decisions.

Core Capabilities

Scrapes and normalizes unit data from CourseLoop, search-based handbooks, and legacy HTML sites.
Delivers fast unit lookup with filtering and consistent metadata across universities.
Collects verified reviews through student email checks and moderation workflows.
Runs large refresh jobs asynchronously with Redis-backed queues and retry-safe workers.

Tech Stack

Frontend: React 19, Vite, Tailwind CSS, TanStack Query
Backend: Node.js, Fastify, BullMQ
Data: PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM, Redis
Infrastructure: Terraform, AWS (EC2, RDS, ECR), Cloudflare proxy

Impact

Created a central, searchable source of course-level review data.
Improved review trust with verification and moderation controls.
Shipped a production deployment pipeline with infrastructure as code.

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