This is a submission for the 2026 WeCoded Challenge: Frontend Art
✨ Show us your Art
Yorgute is a social platform built to feel like the early internet again — but intentional.
Instead of infinite feeds and algorithm-driven content, Yorgute focuses on:
- real connections
- slower interactions
- spaces you choose to belong to
No ads.
No algorithm.
No performance pressure.
Just people.
💡 Inspiration
Yorgute was born from a feeling:
social media stopped being social.
Modern platforms reward:
- constant posting
- comparison
- metrics over meaning
So I built something different.
A place where:
- writing matters again
- presence is intentional
- memory is part of the experience
It’s inspired by early platforms like Orkut — but redesigned with modern tech and a clear philosophy.
As defined in the product itself:
"You are not a metric. You are a person." oai_citation:0‡Manifesto - v1 1 0 30f84198424a80a69995ef54e56f18b3.pdf
🛠️ My Code
Stack
- Next.js (App Router)
- TypeScript
- SCSS Modules
- Prisma + MySQL
- Vercel (deploy)
- Resend (email flows)
Key technical decisions
- No infinite scroll → pagination + "load more"
- No algorithm → chronological + contextual data
- Email-based authentication with verification
- Lightweight analytics (event-based)
Product architecture
-
/inicio→ activity-based feed (friends + spaces) -
/espacos→ communities you choose to occupy -
/na-boca-do-povo→ global discussions (no ranking)
🧠 Challenges I faced
- Avoiding algorithmic ranking while still making content discoverable
- Keeping performance stable with limited backend resources
- Designing a UI that feels nostalgic but not outdated
- Preventing the product from becoming another “engagement trap”
- Money 🥲
❤️ What makes this different
Yorgute is not trying to scale attention.
It’s trying to scale meaning.
It’s a small project, built by one person (so far), with a clear constraint:
simplicity over complexity
humans over metrics
🚀 Try it
If you test it, I’d love to hear your thoughts.
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