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Voxify | AI Text-to-Speech Platform
Built a production-ready AI voice platform that lets creators, businesses, and developers generate realistic speech audio at scale — fast, clean, and API-ready.
What the platform does
Multi-voice generation with customizable expression and speaking style, organization-based workspace collaboration, real-time audio synthesis with low latency playback, developer-friendly REST APIs, and usage tracking with credit and analytics systems.
What I built
Led end-to-end development across the full stack — dashboard experience in Next.js, Python FastAPI service on Modal (GPU A10G) for TTS inference, Prisma with PostgreSQL for data modeling, Cloudflare R2 for audio storage and delivery, and a typed API layer using tRPC and OpenAPI typegen. Auth and org management handled via Clerk.
Stack
Next.js + TypeScript — Python FastAPI — Prisma + PostgreSQL — Cloudflare R2 — tRPC — Clerk — Tailwind + shadcn/ui — TanStack Query — Zod
The result
A scalable voice infrastructure product, not just a demo. Teams can generate high-quality voiceovers instantly, manage multiple voice profiles, and plug audio generation directly into their products through a clean API. Built for creators, built for developers, built for scale.
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Why We Chose Next.js Over Everything Else for Client Projects
When we started working with clients at scale, I realized we needed to make a decisive choice about our frontend framework. We'd dabbled with Create React App, experimented with Gatsby, and even considered Vue.js with Nuxt. But after shipping dozens of projects across various industries—from e-commerce platforms to SaaS dashboards—Next.js consistently delivered the best developer experience, fastest time-to-market, and most maintainable codebases.
This wasn't a theoretical decision. It came from real production battles, client demands, and the hard truth that framework choices compound over time.
Why Next.js Won (The Real Reasons)
1. Full-Stack Development in One Framework
This is the game-changer. With Next.js API routes, we can build the entire application-frontend and API-in a single repository.
2. File-Based Routing That Actually Makes Sense
Coming from manual route configuration, Next.js's file-based router is refreshingly intuitive. Your folder structure is your routing structure.
3. Image Optimization Built-In
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4. Static Site Generation + ISR = Performance Win
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5. Middleware for Complex Logic
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The Business Impact
Since standardizing on Next.js, we've seen measurable improvements:
- 30% faster project delivery: Boilerplate is minimal; developers jump into business logic immediately
- 25% fewer production bugs: Shared types between frontend/API catch issues early
- Lower hosting costs: Static generation and efficient server usage reduces infrastructure expenses
- Easier client handoffs: Monorepo structure makes maintenance straightforward for clients taking projects in-hous
Our Standard Stack
For context on how this fits together, here's what we typically ship:
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- Testing: Jest + React Testing Library
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