Bluber: Bridging Professionals Through Instant Chat with Advanced Tech Stack

Business Requirements

In our digital-centric age, professionals often desire a more streamlined medium to connect with their colleagues and peers. The vision was to create a platform for them to instantaneously chat with other professionals, dissect the latest news, and also facilitate businesses to liaise with clients or other businesses. The objective? A communication solution that’s not just secure and efficient, but also user-friendly. And, Bluber partnered with ScalaCode to build out this next gen solution.

Business Challenges

  • Creating distinct pathways for regular users and business users during the sign-up journey.

  • Implementing robust and reliable user authentication for chat operations.

  • Sourcing and presenting users with current news from trusted outlets.

  • Equipping the admin with the tools to oversee, validate, and administer business users and associated documents.

  • Enabling users for one-to-one and group chats with added multimedia sharing options.

Business Solutions

Leveraging cutting-edge technologies like Kotlin, Swift, Laravel, and AWS, ScalaCode conceived and brought to life "Bluber" - a comprehensive instant chat platform crafted specifically for professionals. For backend operations, Laravel provided a robust and scalable foundation, while AWS ensured reliable hosting and data management. The mobile experience was optimized using Kotlin for Android and Swift for iOS. Coupled with the integrated Qiscus for secure chat functionalities, the system provided an intricate, yet user-friendly experience tailored to each user type.

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Key Features

  • Streamlined Sign-Up & Login: Users encounter a seamless sign-up journey, with an additional document upload provision for business-centric users.
  • Real-time News Feed: Integration with Bing means users are constantly updated with fresh news.
  • Friend Request & Active User Dashboard: Users can curate their friend requests and glimpse currently online peers.
  • Admin-Centric Business Management: A tailored panel allows admins to review, modify, green-light, or revoke business user privileges post document validation.
  • Augmented Chat Experience: Users can dive into private or group chats, sharing text, visuals, videos, and voice clips.

Technology Stack

  • Swift Swift
  • Kotlin Kotlin
  • Laravel Laravel
  • AWS AWS