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title: '02 — Technical Constraints'
description: 'Technical constraints that affect architecture decisions.'
status: draft
---

# Technical Constraints

> e.g., choice of FastAPI, PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, Chart.js, Jinja2 templates.

The architecture of CalMiner is influenced by several technical constraints that shape its design and implementation:

1. **Framework Selection**: The choice of FastAPI as the web framework imposes constraints on how the application handles requests, routing, and middleware. FastAPI's asynchronous capabilities must be leveraged appropriately to ensure optimal performance.
2. **Database Technology**: The use of PostgreSQL as the primary database system dictates the data modeling, querying capabilities, and transaction management strategies. SQLAlchemy ORM is used for database interactions, which requires adherence to its conventions and limitations.
3. **Frontend Technologies**: The decision to use Jinja2 for server-side templating and Chart.js for data visualization influences the structure of the frontend code and the way dynamic content is rendered.
4. **Simulation Logic**: The Monte Carlo simulation logic must be designed to efficiently handle large datasets and perform computations within the constraints of the chosen programming language (Python) and its libraries.