# HudsonHapps
A local discovery platform I founded and built for finding happy hours, restaurant specials, and local deals across Hudson County. Grew to 2,500+ monthly users and 15,000 pageviews.
Role: Founder & Engineer
Aug 2022 – Dec 2024
Technologies: Next.js, AWS Serverless, MongoDB
Live: https://hudsonhapps.com
HudsonHapps is a local discovery platform I founded and built for finding happy hours, restaurant specials, and local deals across Hudson County, New Jersey.

I owned the product end to end — from discovery and architecture through launch, operations, and growth.

## Highlights

- Reached **2,500+ monthly users** and **15,000 pageviews**
- Took the product from concept to production and grew it into a platform with consistent organic traffic
- Owned product development, architecture, data modeling, deployment, and growth
- Built a serverless architecture for managing and serving continuously changing local deal inventory

## Stack

Built with Next.js, AWS Serverless, and MongoDB.