Snippet

Networking Entertainment.

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Inspiration

There are so many Nigerian youths out there who have great talents from music to, artistry, script writing, acting, dancing and the likes. However there are not a lot of open platforms for them to express themselves and connect with the right set of people to help them get to the peak of their career. And we all know about the traditional way of having auditions with so many people in one place and how stressful it is for everyone involved.

What it does

Snippet is an Intuitive Social Networking platform built for the entertainment industry. We are creating a Social Networking platform that connects talents to Entertainment Investors and vice versa.

-Snippet allows talented individuals post their creative contents online (from videos, script/creative posts, pictures, etc, taking those contents out of social media and putting them in a centralized platform where they have a higher chance of getting discovered by the right network of people.

  • Talents can show interest in Gigs posted and be updated with notifications regarding that gig.
  • You want to host an Audition and want to screen the best of the best? post it on Snippet and see amazing talents connect with you.
  • Talents can follow their favorite Investors/Entertainment Company and get notified when they post a Gig
  • Snippet gives Entertainment Investors access to these creative contents and creative individuals and allows them to connect with them instantly. Investors are able to post Gigs.

How we built it

Snippet is built using the LAMP Stack and PUSHER Chat API ( for realtime communication and Notifications ). The backend is powered by Laravel (PHP), while we used VueJs (Javascript) on the front end to create a seamless user experience

Challenges we ran into

We had some limitations with the Twilio API as it didn't have a Web SDK, we opted for PUSHER. We also had a bit of technical issues deploying Snippet to a Linode Server so we deployed to Heroku.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

  • We currently Have Snippet live on our .tech domain
  • We have about 70% of functionalities working.
  • We've been able to work together as a team to make this happen

What we learned

  • Team Work
  • Importance of Version Control System
  • And we've also learnt to put the user first.

What's next for Snippets

  • Completing the remaining 30% of functionalities
  • Moving to a Linode Server
  • Integrating a Realtime Chat System

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