Subcults

Subcults is a privacy-first platform for discovering underground music communities. It combines a geospatial web app, a Go API, and a real-time ingestion pipeline to help artists and fans find scenes, events, and live audio experiences without sacrificing location privacy.

Why this project stands out

• Built as a full-stack product with Go, React, TypeScript, Postgres/PostGIS, and Docker
• Designed around privacy-first location handling, consent enforcement, and trust-based discovery
• Integrates real-world platform concerns like JWT auth, payments with Stripe Connect, media storage, and live audio streaming
• Structured as a multi-service system with an API, frontend, and indexer for decentralized data ingestion

Technical strengths demonstrated

• Backend engineering: Go services, REST APIs, middleware, configuration, and observability
• Frontend development: React, Vite, TypeScript, Tailwind, and interactive map-based UX
• Data & infrastructure: Postgres, PostGIS, Docker Compose, migrations, and production-oriented deployment workflows
• Product thinking: privacy safeguards, direct artist support, and clear domain modeling for community-driven discovery

Stack

• Languages: Go, TypeScript
• Frontend: React, Vite, Tailwind CSS, MapLibre
• Backend: Chi-style HTTP architecture, JWT auth, structured logging
• Data: PostgreSQL, PostGIS
• Integrations: AT Protocol/Jetstream, LiveKit, Stripe Connect, Cloudflare R2
• DevOps: Docker Compose, multi-stage Docker builds, Make-based workflows

What employers should know

This repository showcases the ability to design and ship a modern, production-minded platform: real-time data flows, geospatial features, external service integrations, privacy-aware engineering, and a clean separation between frontend, API, and background services.

Quick start

cp configs/dev.env.example configs/dev.env
make build
make test

For a deeper look at architecture and workflows, see the code in cmd/, internal/, and web/.