Problem

• With a large family, it’s a challenge to identify great gifts and stay on top of interests
• Many kids are not allowed on social media.
• Desire to stay connected as a family
• Tracking custom lists, such as Forza cars was consuming a lot of time without a lot of functionality

My Contribution and Approach

• I did the design, coding, and infrastructure
• Websockets for the real-time communication

Outcome

• Families can stay connected on “social media” without social media exposure
• Gifters can easily identify gifts
• Custom lists are easy to maintain and access
• Hosting is inexpensive and can scale with usage

What I’d Do Differently

• Use AWS Cognito to handle authentication
• Make it multi-tenant to extend to other families

Stack

• Elixir
• Phoenix
• Phoenix LiveView
• Postgres SQL
• Tailwind CSS
• Daisy UI