NeighborHub: Real-Time Community Connection for Local Neighborhoods

Sameer — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 09:05:29 +0000

This is a submission for the DEV Weekend Challenge: Community

The Community

NeighborHub is built for local neighborhood communities — residents, block associations, and neighborhood groups who want a centralized digital space to stay connected. Whether it's organizing a block party, posting a safety announcement, requesting help with groceries, or starting a discussion about local parks, NeighborHub brings neighbors together in a meaningful way. The platform eliminates the fragmentation of group chats and social media by providing a purpose-built, category-driven community feed.

What I Built

NeighborHub — a real-time community connection platform where neighbors can:

📢 Post announcements — share important neighborhood updates
🎉 Organize events — create events with date, time, and location
🤝 Request help — ask neighbors for assistance
💬 Start discussions — open community conversations
❤️ Like & comment — engage with posts in real-time via Supabase Realtime (WebSocket subscriptions)
👤 View profiles — click any avatar/username to visit their public profile and see their posts

Key highlights:

Optimistic UI: Actions feel instant — likes toggle and comments appear immediately, then reconcile with the server
Category filtering: Filter the feed by Events, Announcements, Help Requests, or Discussions
Skeleton loaders: Every route has a shimmer loading state for smooth perceived performance
Global navigation progress bar: Animated gradient bar at the top during page transitions
Fully responsive: Works beautifully on mobile, tablet, and desktop=

Demo

🔗 Live Demo: https://neighbor-hub-phi.vercel.app/

Code

sameer-frontend / neighbor-hub

This is a Next.js project bootstrapped with create-next-app.

Getting Started

First, run the development server:

npm run dev
# or
yarn dev
# or
pnpm dev
# or
bun dev

Open http://localhost:3000 with your browser to see the result.

You can start editing the page by modifying app/page.tsx. The page auto-updates as you edit the file.

This project uses next/font to automatically optimize and load Geist, a new font family for Vercel.

Learn More

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Next.js Documentation - learn about Next.js features and API.
Learn Next.js - an interactive Next.js tutorial.

You can check out the Next.js GitHub repository - your feedback and contributions are welcome!

Deploy on Vercel

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How I Built It

Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Framework	Next.js 15 (App Router, React 19, Server Components, Server Actions)
Backend / Database	Supabase (PostgreSQL, Row Level Security, Auth, Realtime)
Authentication	Supabase Auth (email/password with SSR cookie sessions)
Styling	Tailwind CSS 4 with custom design system
Icons	Lucide React
Deployment	Vercel
Database Migrations	Supabase CLI (`supabase db push`)

Architecture Decisions

Server Components by default — pages fetch data on the server with zero client-side waterfalls. Only interactive elements (like buttons, comment forms, realtime subscriptions) are Client Components.
Server Actions for all mutations — no API routes needed. Form submissions for auth, posts, comments, likes, and profile updates all use Next.js Server Actions with revalidatePath for cache invalidation.
Row Level Security (RLS) — every table has granular policies. Users can only modify their own data. Public read access for community transparency.
Database triggers — likes_count and comments_count are maintained automatically via PostgreSQL triggers, avoiding N+1 queries.
Supabase Realtime subscriptions — LikeButton and CommentSection subscribe to postgres_changes events. A localActionRef prevents double-counting the user's own actions while still receiving updates from other users.
Middleware — refreshes Supabase auth sessions on every request and protects /profile, /posts/new routes from unauthenticated access.
Migration-based schema — 8 ordered SQL migrations handle tables, RLS policies, triggers, indexes, realtime config, and seed data. Fully reproducible with supabase db push.

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