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TradesOn
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Live in production ยท Built end-to-end

The home-services marketplace, done right.

TradesOn connects homeowners, realtors, and property managers with verified tradespeople โ€” and runs the whole job from first photo to final payout. Real auth, real payments, real compliance, real-time tracking.

4user types, one account
~400msreal-time "feel" per event
10k+users, architected to scale
3data stores, zero dual-writes
Interactive Demo

Walk the full job lifecycle

Pick a role, then click through each step to see what the product actually does. No login required.

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What's inside

Features that build trust

Every feature was chosen to remove the friction and risk from hiring a stranger to work on your home.

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AI-assisted intake

Describe a problem in plain words and get a structured scope, cost range, and time estimate before any pro is contacted.

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Live job board & quoting

Pros see jobs filtered to their trade and service radius; homeowners compare real quotes side by side.

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Identity & license compliance

Verified IDs, license checks, and insurance validation gate who can quote โ€” with automatic expiry alerts.

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Real-time GPS tracking

Watch your pro head to your door on a live map โ€” "on my way" to "arrived," updated in real time.

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Escrow-style payments

Card collected up front; funds release to the pro automatically on completion, platform fee handled invisibly.

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Messaging & push

Sub-second chat plus push notifications for every quote, acceptance, schedule change, and message.

The Build

How it was stood up

Not a clickable mockup โ€” a real, deployed system. The interesting work was the architecture that lets a small team ship something trustworthy and scalable.

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Right data, right store

A relational core for money & trust, a real-time layer for the few features that need it, and a decoupled analytics mirror. One source of truth per entity.

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Real-time without the bill

An event-driven push pipeline delivers the instant "feel" of bids and status changes in ~400ms โ€” costs stay flat as users climb.

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Money & trust, correct

Managed escrow-style payments, server-enforced compliance, audit logging, and authorization checks โ€” built in, not bolted on.

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Scale & demo ready

Containerized, continuously deployed to a managed cloud runtime, with graceful degradation and a full guided demo mode.

React + TypeScript Node API PostgreSQL Firebase Auth Real-time sync Stripe Connect Google Cloud Run Event-driven push Vertex AI

Building something where trust & money change hands?

That's exactly what I do: take an ambitious multi-sided product and stand up the real thing โ€” secure auth, payments, compliance, real-time UX, and a cloud architecture that won't buckle when you grow.

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