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Real-time speed-dating PWA
2025 · Michele O'Mara
The work
Speed-dating PWA with real-time round sync, vote tracking, and an admin panel. Multi-session matching engine on Firebase Functions v2 with email automation.
Situation
Live speed-dating events needed software that could sync rounds in real time, track votes, and surface matches the next morning — without participants downloading anything.
Task
Stakeholders needed a product response to live speed-dating events needed software that could sync rounds in real time, track votes, and surface matches the next morning — without participants downloading anything. The engagement boiled down to shipping the architecture, flows, and integrations implied by the solution — starting with built a Firebase-powered PWA with real-time round orchestration, vote tracking, and an admin control panel..
Action
Built a Firebase-powered PWA with real-time round orchestration, vote tracking, and an admin control panel. Resend for transactional email + match notifications.
Result
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