Launched a membership PWA that funds community radio and redeems deals by QR in-store.

Context

Local radio and neighbourhood businesses needed a shared membership that rewards listeners in-store while funding the station. Paper coupons and one-off promos do not scale.

Problem

A native app-store release was the wrong first bet for this audience. The product had to install lightly, redeem at a physical counter, and keep membership economics simple enough for local operators.

Role

Co-founder and sole engineer. Product decisions, PWA architecture, QR redemption flow, and the path from idea to a live membership product.

Approach

Scope the membership loop first. Architecture for in-store redemption and install-without-store. Build in reviewable increments. Harden the paths that touch money and identity. Handover as a system the operators can run, not a demo that needs me on every redeem.

What was built

A membership PWA that gives locals exclusive deals at participating businesses, redeemed in-store by QR scan, while subscriptions fund community radio. Members browse deals, install to the home screen without an app store, and redeem at the counter.

Results

ValueHub is live: one flat membership, QR redemption in-store, and a path for local businesses to list offers and reach Zone Radio listeners. No invented percentage metrics. The receipt is the running product.

Stack

• TypeScript
• React
• PWA
• Node
• Postgres
• QR redemption

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