2026
shipped
live, in production
Live since 2026 · workshops + sensory-toy shop
Full StackLiveEducation · 2026
Recepti za roditeljstvo
Online parenting workshops + sensory toy shop, purchase unlocks portal access.
- Role
- Full Stack
- Year
- 2026
- Category
- Education
- Stack
- ReactRedux ToolkitStyled ComponentsNode.jsExpress.jsMySQLJavaScript
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Live site02 · Outcomes
What the build actually shipped.
Numbers, not adjectives. The stats below are pulled from production. Anything still live, still measured.
Toy → curriculum
purchase unlocks portal
video + text material
Preschool focus
sensory development
age-appropriate by design
End-to-end
front · back · admin
shop + workshops + portal
03 · Overview
What it does.
Online workshops for parents combined with a shop for educational toys designed for preschool-age sensory development. Buying a toy or workshop unlocks the user portal — paired video and text material that turns a toy from object into curriculum. Full admin manages workshops, shop catalogue, user accounts, and the content library from a single console.
04 · Gallery
More from the build.
Secondary mockups, detail crops, mobile and desktop variants. Click any shot to open it full-size.
05 · Process
How the build actually ran.
Four phases. Each one with a deliverable the client could see, not a slide deck of intent.
- 01
Conversation
The product wasn't 'a course' or 'a toyshop' — it was both. Parent buys a sensory toy for the preschool kid, and the toy comes paired with the workshop video plus a text curriculum on what the toy is teaching. Brief was: keep the buying experience light, but make sure the educational content is in the parent's account the moment they hit pay.
- 02
Plan
React + Redux Toolkit front. Node + Express + MySQL back. Entitlement layer between purchases and content access — unlocks gated by product purchases, audited per user. Single admin handling shop, workshops, accounts, and content library.
- 03
Build
Shop + checkout first — that's the entry point. Workshop catalogue + content library second. Entitlement layer last but fully tested, since this is where a missed unlock turns into a support ticket.
- 04
Ship & Maintain
Live since 2026. Parents buy a toy or a workshop, the content is in their account immediately. Operator runs catalogue + workshop publishing + user accounts + content library from a single admin.
06 · Decisions
The choices that shaped the build.
Tech is downstream of decisions. These are the calls made early enough to compound the right way. The ones a code review six months later still agrees with.
Toy → portal access as a single mechanic
Purchase grants the parent the content paired with that toy. One product, one entitlement, no separate course SKU — cleaner conversion, cleaner ledger, less explaining at the support inbox.
Workshops + shop on one platform
Same user accounts, same payments, same admin. Parent buys a workshop and a toy in one flow without bouncing between systems — and the content library serves both.
MySQL for the entitlement ledger
Purchases → unlocks must be airtight. SQL for the relational integrity (user × product × access window), simple to audit when a parent reports missing content from their portal.
06 · Let’s build
Have something to ship?
I take 4–5 freelance projects a year. Cold pitches welcome. I reply within 24 hours on weekdays.