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Dannic Inspo Board
Pinterest-style inspiration board with ImageKit
!The Problem
Creative professionals save inspiration across WhatsApp, screenshots, browser bookmarks, and notes apps — scattered with no structure. They needed one clean place to collect, organize, and revisit ideas with fast performance even on slow Nigerian internet connections.
✓The Solution
A Pinterest-style board app where users create boards, pin images and quotes, and browse a public feed. ImageKit handles all media — uploads, storage, CDN delivery, and real-time transformations. Lazy loading with IntersectionObserver ensures images only load when visible, keeping the app fast on any connection.
Stack & Why Each Technology
The masonry-style board layout and infinite scroll feed required React's component model and state management for smooth interactions.
RESTful API handling auth, board management, media upload signatures, and feed queries.
Flexible document schema was ideal for pin data — varying content types (images, quotes, links) with different metadata per type.
Chosen over Cloudinary for its generous free tier, built-in image transformation API (resize, crop, compress, filters via URL params), and faster CDN performance in Africa.
Native browser API — no extra library needed. Loads images only when they enter the viewport, critical for performance on slow connections.
Key Features
- —ImageKit upload, storage, and CDN delivery
- —Real-time image transformations via URL API
- —Board creation and collection management
- —Lazy loading with IntersectionObserver
- —Public discovery feed
- —Search and filter by title or tag
- —JWT authentication with protected boards