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# Bridge
# Oval

Bridge is an OSU-focused social coordination app built around small-group hangouts. Students browse activities, join or create pods, discover clubs, message people they meet, and manage real-world plans from their phone.
Oval is an OSU-focused social coordination app built around small-group hangouts. Students browse activities, join or create pods, discover clubs, message people they meet, and manage real-world plans from their phone.

This repo contains:

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For a much deeper code-level explanation, see [ARCHITECTURE.md](./ARCHITECTURE.md).

## What Bridge Does
## Released App

Bridge combines a few product surfaces into one system:
Oval is available on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/oval-campus-life/id6782521990). The public listing shows version 1.1.0 with an August 11, 2026 update and requires a verified Ohio State email. Oval is not affiliated with or endorsed by The Ohio State University.

I built the product end to end: product design, the Expo / React Native client, the Express API, the PostgreSQL / Prisma data model, and the release process. Selected engineering entry points:

- [Realtime event broadcasts](./backend/src/lib/realtime.ts) and the [client subscription hook](./frontend/src/hooks/useRealtimeChannel.ts)
- [Shared pod-join transaction](./backend/src/lib/joinExistingPod.ts) and [waitlist integration tests](./backend/src/routes/podWaitlist.test.ts)
- [Account-state and session checks](./backend/src/middleware/auth.ts) and [durable rate limiting](./backend/src/lib/durableRateLimit.ts)
- [Successful August 9, 2026 release check](https://github.com/Koodsu/Oval/actions/runs/31333255754)

These links show specific implementation and release evidence, not measured adoption or production performance. Source changes and historical launch checklists can differ from the currently distributed build; the App Store listing is the public release reference. Legacy environment-variable names remain unchanged.


## What Oval Does

Oval combines a few product surfaces into one system:

- **Activity pods**: small meetup groups tied to activities like frisbee, food, studying, or workouts
- **Club discovery**: public/private clubs, meetings, announcements, club chat, and officer tooling
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### Pod system

Pods are the core planning object in Bridge.
Pods are the core planning object in Oval.

- Users can browse open pods by activity or feed
- Users can create pods with a time, location, max size, and optional map pin
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## Repository Layout

```text
Bridge/
Oval/
├── backend/
│ ├── prisma/ # schema, migrations, seed
│ └── src/
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