Hink: Transforming How Event Photos Are Shared and Discovered
Client
Hink
- Industry
Social Media Platform
- Region
Canada
Overview
Hink, created by Henric Ehrenblad and Limestone Lab Limited, is a social platform built to make discovering and sharing action photography easier. The platform solves a common challenge faced by athletes, event participants, and photographers finding photos captured by others during sports activities and events.
By leveraging location based and event based discovery, Hink allows users to access relevant photos without relying on personal connections, direct sharing, or invitations. The platform brings together photographers and participants within a single community, making it simple to capture, share, explore, and revisit memorable moments from action sports and live events.
This approach helps users uncover valuable content while creating a more connected experience around event and action photography.
- Tools
Technologies Used
GoLang
Dart
Java Script
HTML
CSS
LUA
React
Flutter
kong Proxy
MySQL
Elasticsearch
Redis
GCP
AWS
Google Maps Api
Stripe
- Challenges
Enabling users to upload and discover photos using location based mapping
Creating a system that allows content creators to receive donations for high quality photo downloads
- Solutions
Integrated Google Maps API for location based photo discovery and implemented multipart uploads with AWS S3 to improve upload performance. Leveraged Google Kubernetes Engine to ensure scalability and high availability.
Integrated Stripe to facilitate secure donations and support content creators through the platform.
Measurable Results
- 92-96% retrieval precision across production queries
- 4-8 seconds average end-to-end response time (without caching)
- 100% data sovereignty- all embeddings. documents, and conversation logs self-hosted with zero third-party cloud vector dependency
- Eliminated per-seat licensing costs compared to commercial knowledge management alternatives
- Multi-format document support PDFs and diverse file types processed through a single automated ingestion pipeline
- Zero-touch document management operations team can upload, update, and retire documents via admin dashboard without engineering involvement
Project Team Composition
Role
Backend Developers
Mobile Developers
Frontend Developers
UI/UX Designer
Team Members
2
1
1
1
Core Features of the Platform
Location and Date Based Photo Sharing
Event Collections for Photos and Videos
Donation Based Creator Earnings
Administrative Dashboard for Content and User Management
Timeline
Project Start Time
June 2022
1
Project End Time
Feb 2023
2
Discovery and Project Planning
1 Month
1
UI/UX Design
2 Weeks
2
Platform Development
4 Months
3
Testing and Quality Assurance
1 Week
4
Deployment and Continuous Support
Ongoing
5
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