Sanvaad

Communities scale — conversations don't. Every mainstream platform buries the good ones.

Talked to community managers running Discords with 10k+ members. Their real pain wasn't moderation, it was surfacing signal — the great thread died on page 3.

1. 01Next.js frontend, Node/PostgreSQL backend\nWebSocket layer for live threads\nStructured discussion primitives (threads, follow-ups, decisions)\nModular moderation tooling

Prototyped the discussion model on paper for weeks before writing code. Once the primitives were right, the app was mostly plumbing.

Realtime + SEO. Rendered threads on the server for crawlers and rehydrated them for live participants without double-fetching.

Live platform with a growing, engaged user base.