Product data / Search / API infrastructure
The systems behind
a searchable market.
Hypler developed IZIOS as connected product infrastructure: supplier ingestion, a normalized diamond catalog, search, reusable APIs, and the workflows that carry discovery into commerce.
Interface evidence
Documented product captures, not live inventory. Features, availability, and listing values evolve.
Inventory, imports, holds, archived records, filtering, and operational review in one administrative surface.
IZIOS inventory operations, October 5, 2026.
The engineering problem
Supplier feeds do not arrive as one clean, stable catalog. Specifications, identifiers, availability, certificates, and media need a shared structure before they can support useful search or a dependable API.
The work spans the frontend and the backend: translating inventory into product records, keeping changes synchronized, exposing retrieval interfaces, and connecting them to customer and administrative workflows.
A June 2026 project record documented more than 1.8 million active and archived records across the platform's catalog history.
Platform scope
Normalize inventory from different suppliers into a consistent catalog. Incremental synchronization and checksum-based change detection limit unnecessary reprocessing while preserving source identity and update context.
PostgreSQL-backed product records connect specifications, certificates, availability, and listing evidence. Structured filters and pgvector-backed semantic retrieval serve distinct discovery needs with source records kept visible.
Reusable diamond data APIs support integrations beyond the primary storefront. Customer, cart, hold, and payment workflows retain separate responsibilities from discovery through transaction.
Source-health interfaces and administrative review connect the public product to the systems behind it. Operators need to distinguish supplier changes, ingestion failures, incomplete evidence, and customer-facing outcomes.
Technology reference
IZIOS processes supplier inputs into normalized records, combines structured filters with vector retrieval, serves product data through APIs, and keeps commerce transactions separate from availability truth.
These are documented implementation choices. Supplier availability remains source-controlled; compile-time contracts and runtime validation serve different checks.
Client interface
Builds reusable customer and administrative interface components.
Why here: Keeps discovery, operations, and review surfaces composed from shared UI parts.
Application contracts
Adds compile-time types to client and server code.
Why here: Makes data shapes and interface changes easier to inspect before runtime.
Server runtime
Runs the API and supporting application services.
Why here: Keeps server-side processing separate from the browser interface.
HTTP API
Routes product, account, and operational requests through server middleware.
Why here: Provides a defined API boundary for connected clients and workflows.
Relational records
Stores durable catalog, workflow, and transaction records.
Why here: Supports joins, constraints, and transactional changes where product data must stay reviewable.
Vector retrieval
Stores embeddings with relational records and compares vectors by similarity.
Why here: Supports broader-intent discovery while structured filters keep exact constraints explicit.
Frontend build
Builds and serves the web application during development.
Why here: Keeps the client build path fast and explicit.
SI with a defined role
Diamond Scout and AI-assisted search turn a person's criteria into a discovery workflow. Structured filters apply exact constraints; semantic retrieval supports broader intent.
LightScore analyzes certificate and listing information. Physical optical performance requires measured evidence. Product records keep availability and source evidence available for review.
The source-aware data patternWhat the work demonstrates
The platform connects ingestion, data contracts, search, API consumers, operational visibility, and transaction boundaries. Each interface keeps its input, output, and operating role clear.
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