Stagelet

Stagelet is a full-stack event discovery and management platform for the open mic community in Tampa Bay. I built it as a learning project to gain hands-on experience with Supabase, modern authentication patterns, and production-grade infrastructure. It evolved into a feature-rich application with 31 API endpoints and a sophisticated event lifecycle system.

Authentication

Authentication supports dual channels: cookie-based JWT sessions for web users and Bearer token validation for mobile clients. Both are handled through a shared utility with fallback logic. Middleware automatically refreshes Supabase sessions on protected routes.

Event Lifecycle

The event lifecycle forms the core domain model. Events move through creation, admin approval, host claiming, 30-day confirmation cycles through JWT-embedded renewal links, pausing with reason tracking, date-specific skipping, and expiration. Supporting this required careful schema design across Event, EventSkip, EventCheckin, and VerificationToken tables.

Maps & Geographic Filtering

Geographic filtering is handled through a metro system using GPS bounding boxes that power both list and map views. Map markers use custom SVG guitar-pick icons color-coded by status: green for claimed events, yellow for unclaimed, and red for paused.

What I Learned

Building Stagelet provided hands-on experience solving real production challenges. I implemented IP-hashed check-in deduplication, file uploads to Supabase Storage, and multi-table relational queries through Prisma. The admin approval workflow, reCAPTCHA integration, and SES email pipeline introduced real-world security and communication patterns. The project also included building a Progressive Web App with service workers and improving SEO using structured data.

Result

A production-ready platform with user authentication, admin moderation, interactive maps, email notifications, and offline support — built end-to-end as a self-directed learning project.