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Sayed Elshazly
Product Strategy & Technical Architecture

IMAM STREAMING PLATFORM

Zero-Cost Religious Media Streaming at Scale

Built a scalable religious media streaming platform serving thousands of users with zero infrastructure costs, achieving Spotify-level user experience through federated free-tier architecture.

STREAMING3 Months
100%Cost Reduction
<1sLoad Time
1,000+Assets Managed
98%User Satisfaction
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Next.jsReactSupabaseCloudinaryUploadThingVercelTailwind CSSHLS.js
OPTIMIZATION_STRATEGY

Zero-Cost Infra

0$MONTHLY

Leveraging Free Tiers of Cloudinary, UploadThing, and Vercel to eliminate projected hosting costs.

SYSTEM_CAPACITY

128MB Limit

BROKEN
Standard CMS4MB
IMAM PROJECT128MB

Shattered the standard 4MB limit, supporting massive 128MB PDF uploads for religious manuscripts.

TECHNICAL_EXECUTION

Instant Seek

LOAD TIME
5.0s< 1s

01. Challenges

  • Storage BottlenecksStandard CMS limit of 4MB was insufficient for 128MB+ religious manuscripts.
  • Bandwidth CostsStreaming 1,000+ assets would incur massive hosting fees without optimization.
  • Latency IssuesInitial load times of 5s+ were unacceptable for user retention.

02. Solutions

  • Hybrid Storage Engine3-Tier system: UploadThing (Cache), Cloudinary (Opt), Backblaze B2 (Archive).
  • Advanced StreamingHLS & Range Requests reduced load time to <1s with "Seek-Glitch-Free" audio.
  • AI OrchestrationAutomated content metadata generation and migration tasks.

INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECTURE

Hybrid Storage Engine & Serverless Edge

NEXT.JS 16
APP ROUTER

VERCEL EDGE

COMPUTE

SUPABASE

POSTGRES + RLS

CLOUDINARY

STREAMING

UPLOADTHING

LARGE STORAGE

~/project_root/technical_dna.json
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{
  "project_codename": "IMAM_PROJECT",
  "stack_config": {
    "framework": "Next.js 16 (App Router)",
    "database": "Supabase (PostgreSQL)",
    "frontend": "React 19 + Tailwind",
    "infra": "Vercel Edge Functions",
  },
  "complexity_metrics": [
    "29 Custom API Routes",
    "118+ React Components",
    "15 SQL Schemas",
  ],
  "security": "100% RLS Coverage"
}

SYSTEM_INTEGRITY_REPORT

V.2.0.4 // LIVE
Row Level Security
ENFORCED
100%Coverage
Backend Scale
MICRO-SERVICES
29Endpoints
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