Civic tech
Pinpoint
A civic engagement platform across iOS, Android, and web that combines official data, legislation, AI voice chat, surveys, and moderation tooling in one system.
Pinpoint
Officials, legislation, AI voice chat, and moderation in one product.
What shipped
- Shipped one shared product across iOS, Android, and web instead of a disconnected set of prototypes.
- Built streaming AI official chat with personality modes and ElevenLabs voice responses.
- Added durable moderation workflows, searchable civic data proxies, and an operator-facing admin dashboard.
Core stack
Most civic products either expose raw public data without useful context or bolt AI onto a narrow chat surface. Pinpoint needed to unify officials, legislation, surveys, community features, and moderation across mobile and web without becoming a pile of disconnected screens.
I built the stack around Expo, Express, Prisma, and PostgreSQL, then added direct Firebase token verification via Google JWKS, SSE-based Gemini chat, text-to-speech proxying, civic-data search proxies, and a durable moderation ledger. On the product side, the interface centers on a swipe-based dashboard, deep links, and dedicated admin workflows.
The result is a real platform rather than a civic-tech demo: one codebase serves iOS, Android, and web, AI chats stream with voice responses, moderation decisions stay auditable, and the release process is backed by CI, secret scanning, and reliable Railway deploys.
Need this level of product depth for your own build?
The same mix of product direction, interface work, and backend systems can be applied to your next app.