01
Overview
- Backdoor transforms how people experience nightlife, events, and venues.
- discover venues and events nearby on an interactive map
02
Challenge
- The core challenge was building a platform that serves three distinct user types
- consumers, venue operators, and event organizers
03
Solution
- Backdoor is built as a Turborepo monorepo with three core components
- a Next.js 15 web application for consumer checkout and venue/event management dashboards
04
Build
- The backend runs on PostgreSQL with PostGIS for geography-based venue and event queries.
- Prisma handles schema management and database access with full type safety. tRPC provides the API layer
05
Who it is for
- For Consumers — Discover venues and events near you with map-based search.
- Purchase passes instantly and store them in-app.
06
Results
- Backdoor delivers a complete commerce platform for the hospitality industry.
- Consumers get a frictionless experience from discovery to entry
07
Next
- Backdoor's roadmap includes venue loyalty programs with points and rewards
- group booking and split payments for party coordination
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- Platform
- Web + iOS + Android
- Payments
- Stripe Connect
- Discovery
- Map-Based
- Auth
- Biometric
Stack
Next.js 15, React Native, Expo, TypeScript, tRPC, Prisma, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, Stripe Connect, Azure, Firebase
Mobile App/August 25, 2026