Real-Time Chat Application
A full-stack, real-time messaging platform featuring secure authentication, instant individual and group chats, and media sharing.
Overview
A production-ready communication platform designed to replicate modern instant messaging workflows. As the developer, I built a highly responsive frontend using React and Shadcn/UI components, leveraging TanStack Router for type-safe, nested routing and seamless page transitions. The backend is powered by Node.js and PostgreSQL to manage relational user data, secure authentication, and chat histories. For the core messaging experience, I implemented WebSockets to handle real-time bi-directional communication, enabling instant delivery for individual messages, dynamic group chat creation, active user statuses, and live image uploads, all while maintaining data consistency across connected clients.