Flirt (Social Network) - Bubble.io MVP Development

Flirt connects locals for pair, crew, and party event meet-ups. Users can host & join events - Platonic, Friendship, or Romantic, send group invitations, request to join events, connect with other users, and there is a chat/messenger component.

I built the entire MVP in Bubble.io. Profanity filtering, Event comments, and personality quiz. Filter the feed by event Type, Vibe, and Date. Full admin dashboard for user stats and admin content moderation.

Product & UX Wireframes → high-fidelity UI → responsive/native layouts

Bubble.io Database Architecture - Workload-unit budgeting, performance monitoring, GDPR + CCPA compliance

Payments Integrated Stripe → PayPal → Square (final)

The client was eventually not eligible for Stripe or PayPal. While the app focuses on social it has a dating element to it. So we ended up with Square for payment.

Transactional & marketing automations via Loops.so

Over 100 in app email triggers

Bubble.io – core app, database, CloudFront hosting

Loops.so – double-opt-in, drip sequences, sender reputation tooling

Square Web Payments – final payment processor after compliance hurdles

Challenge Solution Outcome Payment Approval Loop – Stripe & PayPal flagged “dating” category. Pivoted to Square; built risk-grade metadata + customer verification. Approved in 5 days; first successful payment within 24 hr of go-live.

High Workload Units (WU) during feed scroll Implemented pagination + conditional searches, used privacy rules to limit fields - 72 % WU cost & faster scroll

Profanity & Slur Detection Profanity filtering via external API for better accuracy for moderation queue

Mobile ≠ Desktop UI Separate reusable header/footer; flexbox alignment in Bubble responsive engine Pixel-perfect from 320 px → 1440 px