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Explore Mythical Stories & Legends · 2023

ODYST

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I built Odyst entirely on my own — from the visual identity and design system to the database schema, API, and frontend. I created a custom story publishing flow for community contributors, integrated Cloudinary for optimized media delivery, and built trending and discovery algorithms to surface relevant content. Every part of the stack — design, data model, API, and deployment — was my responsibility.

Role

Full Stack Developer & UI Designer

Client

odyst

Stack
Next.jsTypeScriptCloudinaryMongodbTailwind CSS
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Challenge

Needed a platform that felt editorial and premium — not a generic blog — while scaling to handle community-submitted stories with heavy image assets across 20+ cultural categories.

Solution

Designed a typographic editorial layout for immersive reading, built a culture-tagged content model, implemented engagement-based ranking for trending and discovery feeds, and configured Cloudinary transformations for fast image loading at any scale.

Results
Sole developer — took product from zero to production
Custom trending & discovery algorithms
Cloudinary media pipeline for optimized delivery
Publishing flow supporting 20+ world cultures