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Case study / Real-time chat

Shambaad

Real-time chat with text and voice messages, wrapped in an interface designed to feel premium.

Live demo of Shambaad (opens in a new tab)Code for Shambaad (opens in a new tab)

The problem

Real-time chat that handles both text and voice messages, wrapped in an interface that feels premium.

What was built

WebSocket chat with friend requests, live messaging, recorded voice notes, and editing or deleting your own messages.

A React front end talks to an Express and MongoDB backend, and messages travel over Socket.IO. Voice recordings are stored on Microsoft Azure.

The Shambaad landing page, headed “Where Voices Connect”, with Log In and Sign Up buttons.
The landing page of the demo, captured on 2 October 2026.

My part

  • I built the chat system over WebSockets.
  • I designed the UI and UX.
  • Video calling was planned as a next step and put on hold.

The outcome

The front end of the demo is still online. Its backend is no longer deployed, so signing up and chatting do not work there today. The code for both is public.

What you can check

Live demo

The front end only. Signing up needs the backend, which is no longer deployed, so you can look at the pages but not chat.

Open: Live demo, Shambaad (opens in a new tab)
Code

My repository, with the front end and the backend. Its 11 commits, from 18 to 21 September 2025, are mine.

Open: Code, Shambaad (opens in a new tab)

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