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Community-driven social platform with events, real-time chat, and smart feeds

Built from blank slate to a multi-module social platform with AI recommendations and moderation.

2024 · YearTech Lead & Project Manager2 yearsLive
Hind Social
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overview

What it is

Hind Social is a multi-module social platform I took from a blank slate to production — designing the database schema, core APIs, and foundation services that every feature has been built on top of since. Promoted from Backend Engineer to Tech Lead & Project Manager over the course of the project.

challenge

The hard part

Starting from zero, the platform needed a scalable foundation that could support Social Feed, Events, Library, and Chat — with AI-powered personalization and moderation baked in from the start, not bolted on later.

approach

How I thought about it

I architected and shipped major modules end-to-end, owning database design, API contracts, real-time behavior, and frontend integration. Built an AI-driven recommendation system for the Social Feed and an AI-based content moderation pipeline. Optimized hot-path APIs with Redis caching and query tuning. Led a team of 3–6 engineers: scoping, sprints, PRs, mentoring, and reporting to product and leadership.

stack

Tech

Node.js
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
Redis
Express
Next.js
LLM APIs
features

What it does well

AI recommendation engine

Personalizes the Social Feed per user based on engagement signals and content embeddings — replaced chronological feed.

AI content moderation

Auto-flags and routes user-generated content (text and media), removing a manual moderation bottleneck.

Real-time chat

Messaging layer with real-time delivery, message persistence, and read state built on WebSockets.

White-label system

Full white-labeling — theming, branding, and configurable feature flags per tenant without code forks.

results

Impact

2yrzero to production, scaled platform
6major modules shipped end-to-end
lessons

What I took away

  • Redis caching on hot-path APIs is one of the highest-leverage performance moves.
  • White-labeling from day one is much cheaper than retrofitting it later.
  • Leading while shipping is hard — the key is ruthless scope discipline.