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Private Directory Platform

A private full-stack product that turned inconsistent directory data into a searchable, geocoded, media-enabled platform with the account and administration systems needed to operate it.

Project type
Digital product
Delivery partner
Jaime Mendieta
Release
July 2026
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01

The engagement

From scattered records to a coherent product.

The engagement began with useful but inconsistent third-party directory data. Records needed normalized addresses, phone numbers, operating hours, feature tags, stable slugs, duplicate handling, coordinates, and media relationships before they could support a dependable experience.

The result went far beyond a marketing site: a production-facing application connecting data ingestion, database architecture, APIs, authentication, location search, profile pages, uploads, moderation, administration, analytics, and release QA.

02

The product system

Every visible interaction depended on a reliable system behind it.

The platform was designed as a connected product rather than a collection of isolated screens.

01

Data pipeline

Imported, cleaned, normalized, and related inconsistent third-party directory records.

02

Search & maps

Connected location search and bounded MapLibre markers to the same live product data.

03

Accounts

Created authentication, verification, password reset, profile, and role-aware access flows.

04

Public profiles

Turned imported records into structured organization and user-facing detail pages.

05

Media

Added validated Cloudflare Images uploads, delivery variants, metadata, and moderation states.

06

Trust systems

Combined rate limits, Turnstile, reports, corrections, moderation, and review queues.

03

Delivery partnership

Specialist execution

aurawave studio hired Jaime Mendieta to build the platform end to end.

Jaime owned full-stack implementation across data engineering, backend APIs, accounts, map functionality, media handling, admin workflows, interface design, responsive behavior, and release testing. That partnership let the engagement move from an ambiguous data problem to a working product through one connected delivery process.

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04

Release

March — July 2026

First workable release.

After repeated testing across search, accounts, map behavior, upload paths, admin workflows, and production-facing edge cases, the platform reached its first workable release in July 2026.

The client name, brand, vertical, domain, and repository remain private. The public case study describes only the delivery scope approved for attribution.

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