TechTies

Project Overview

A networking platform connecting tech professionals through an intelligent, skill-based match recommendation system - complete with profile onboarding, skill tagging, and an admin dashboard for platform moderation.

Key Features

• JWT-based authentication and session management
• Guided onboarding with profile editing and skill tagging
• Skill-based match recommendation engine suggesting relevant connections
• Admin dashboard for centralized user, feedback, and platform monitoring
• Fully responsive UI built with modular vanilla CSS

Technical Challenges & Solutions

Keeping the match-recommendation logic decoupled from the rest of the API as the skill-tagging schema evolved. Solved with a strict separation between the React frontend, the Express REST layer, and dedicated Mongoose models/controllers, so the matching algorithm could be iterated on without touching auth or profile code.