Family Portal
Harwood Family
Private family portal that provides wishlists, private social media, and custom lists.
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