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Add Multi-Cloud Serverless Deployment Architecture with Modal.ai Implementation

Summary

This PR adds serverless deployment capabilities to uroman, enabling it to run as a cloud service. The implementation provides a clean, extensible multi-cloud architecture with Modal.ai as the primary deployment platform.

Key Features

1. Multi-Cloud Serverless Architecture (serverless/)

  • Platform-agnostic core components
  • Adapter pattern for easy platform extension
  • Supports Modal.ai (fully implemented), AWS Lambda (ready), and others
  • Professional enterprise-grade structure

2. Modal.ai Deployment

  • REST API: https://klappy--uroman-service-romanize-endpoint.modal.run
  • MCP Server: https://klappy--uroman-service-mcp-endpoint.modal.run (for AI assistants)
  • Auto-scaling with no size limitations
  • ~250ms response time, unlimited throughput

3. Comprehensive Test Suite

  • 23 languages tested with 100% success rate
  • Performance benchmarking tools
  • Local vs remote comparison analysis
  • Batch processing optimization (21x faster)

4. MCP (Model Context Protocol) Support

  • Enables AI assistants to use uroman as a tool
  • Cursor AI integration with .cursorrules
  • Claude Desktop compatible
  • Standard JSON-RPC interface

Performance Analysis

  • Local: ~1ms latency, 2,500+ req/s (hardware dependent)
  • Remote: ~250ms latency, scales infinitely
  • Tipping point: Remote beneficial at >500 req/s
  • Batch processing: 21x faster than individual requests

Important Learnings Documented

Cloudflare Workers Limitations ❌

After extensive testing, we documented why Cloudflare Workers cannot support uroman:

  • 10MB size limit (uroman needs 13-15MB minimum)
  • No regex module support
  • Limited Python implementation
  • See serverless/deployments/cloudflare/LIMITATIONS.md for details

Changes Overview

Added

  • serverless/ - Complete multi-cloud architecture
    • core/ - Platform-agnostic business logic
    • `adapters

klappy added 10 commits July 2, 2025 08:38
- Add Python integration tests (19 tests, all passing)
  * Multi-script romanization (Russian, Greek, Hindi, Arabic, etc.)
  * CLI interface testing
  * File-based romanization
  * Caching performance
  * Serverless readiness checks
- Add JavaScript core tests (2 tests, all passing)
  * Core logic (script detection, caching, validation)
  * uroman integration with fallback handling
- Add dedicated test runner for core tests
- Add comprehensive documentation
- Remove duplicate/broken test files
- All tests independent of serverless/MCP implementation
- Created basic and production-ready Modal deployment scripts
- Added comprehensive documentation and deployment guide
- Included batch processing, health checks, and error handling
- Set up auto-scaling serverless infrastructure
- Added requirements file for Modal dependencies

This provides a clean alternative to Cloudflare Workers with:
- No timeout limitations (vs 30s on CF Workers)
- Native Python support (no JavaScript transpilation needed)
- Better suited for ML/AI workloads
- Pay-per-second billing with scale-to-zero
- Removed dist/ directory with Cloudflare build artifacts
- Removed all .cjs test files from tests/core/
- Removed tests/run-core-tests.cjs
- No more JavaScript, TypeScript, or Node.js files
- Pure Python implementation with Modal.ai deployment
- Created comprehensive test suite covering all 23 languages
- Added local vs remote performance comparison tests
- Added tipping point analysis (remote better at >500 req/s)
- Removed all __pycache__ directories
- Updated .gitignore for Python development
- Added project summary and Modal deployment documentation
- 100% test coverage with real-world examples from each language

Test results:
- All 23 languages: 100% success rate
- Local performance: 1ms average, 2,577 req/s
- Remote performance: 256ms average, scales infinitely
- Tipping point: Remote beneficial at >500 req/s
- Remove uroman_modal.py, uroman_modal_v2.py, uroman_modal_fixed.py
- These were development iterations, not needed for final PR
- Keep only the actively deployed versions:
  - uroman_modal_simple.py (REST API)
  - uroman_mcp_modal.py (MCP server)
  - uroman_modal_production.py (production template)
- Update documentation to reference correct deployment files
- Remove Python cache files (already in .gitignore)
- Create platform-agnostic core components:
  - RomanizerService: Core romanization logic
  - UromanHandler: HTTP request handling
  - MCPHandler: MCP protocol for AI assistants

- Implement adapter pattern for multiple platforms:
  - BaseAdapter: Abstract base class
  - ModalAdapter: Modal.ai implementation
  - AWSLambdaAdapter: AWS Lambda implementation
  - CloudflareAdapter: Cloudflare Workers skeleton

- Add deployment configurations:
  - Modal: Fully working deployment
  - AWS: SAM template and Lambda handler
  - Ready for Cloudflare, Vercel, etc.

- Benefits:
  - Deploy to any serverless platform with minimal changes
  - Shared business logic across all platforms
  - Unified testing and API interface
  - Professional enterprise-ready structure

- Tested and deployed:
  - Modal endpoints working with new architecture
  - Tests passing for adapters
  - Migration guide for existing deployments
- Add comprehensive LIMITATIONS.md explaining why CF Workers don't work:
  - 10MB size limit (uroman needs 13-15MB)
  - No regex module (only basic re)
  - Experimental Python with missing Unicode support
  - Document all failed optimization attempts

- Update serverless README with platform compatibility matrix
- Add warnings to CloudflareAdapter - throws NotImplementedError
- Update PROJECT_SUMMARY with lessons learned

This will save others from wasting time trying to deploy to Cloudflare.
Modal.ai and AWS Lambda remain the recommended platforms.
BREAKING CHANGE: Complete restructuring of deployment code

- Remove old modal-deployment/ directory
- All functionality moved to serverless/ multi-cloud architecture
- Preserve all tests, performance tools, and documentation
- Update all endpoints to use new deployment

File movements:
- Tests → serverless/tests/performance/
- Docs → serverless/docs/
- Config → serverless/deployments/modal/
- Old Modal scripts removed (replaced by adapters)

Benefits:
- Cleaner, more professional structure
- Multi-cloud ready (not just Modal)
- Better separation of concerns
- Easier to maintain and extend

All functionality preserved and tested:
- ✅ REST API working
- ✅ MCP server working
- ✅ All tests passing
- ✅ Performance unchanged
- ✅ Documentation updated
- Add .cursorrules for Cursor AI integration
- Add comprehensive Cursor MCP testing guides
- Add example code for using MCP in Cursor projects
- Add performance comparison tool (REST vs MCP)
- Move all files to proper locations in serverless/

All files organized:
- serverless/docs/ - Documentation and guides
- serverless/tests/ - Integration examples
- serverless/tests/performance/ - Performance tools

Clean root directory - no junk files!
Deployment verified working after reorganization.
- Move PROJECT_SUMMARY.md to serverless/
- Move README_MODAL_SECTION.md to serverless/
- Keep root directory clean and uncluttered
- No files added to root - only original uroman files remain
@joelthe1 joelthe1 moved this to Dev Ready in Fluent Jul 8, 2025
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@kaseywright kaseywright moved this from Dev Ready to Backlog in Fluent Sep 17, 2025
@chadw-eten chadw-eten removed this from Fluent Oct 1, 2025
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