Tech Stack: React, Tailwind CSS, Context API, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, JWT, Cloudinary, Vercel, Render

Building a social media platform requires handling complex real-time interactions, scalable state management, and production-level edge cases — challenges that expose gaps in architecture and deployment skill quickly.

Designed and built a full-stack social networking application supporting posts, real-time chat, and user profiles. Implemented centralized state management using React Context API to ensure consistent data flow across components. Engineered a secure authentication system using JWT and integrated Cloudinary for optimized media storage and delivery. Deployed the application across Vercel (frontend) and Render (backend), resolving cloud-specific production issues throughout the process.

Delivered a production-ready, fully deployed social media application. Strengthened expertise in full-stack architecture, scalable state management, cloud deployment workflows, and resolving real-world production bugs — with measurable improvements in UI/UX decisions driven by user engagement insights.