Vihara
A comprehensive accommodation booking platform for travelers and a robust property management system for vendors. Built with a scalable Nx monorepo, it handles end-to-end booking flows, Stripe payments, and optimized image management.
Executive Summary
Bridging the gap between travelers seeking seamless booking and hotel owners needing powerful vendor tools.
Vihara is a full-scale hospitality ecosystem. It handles everything from the initial search to the final payment, providing a robust back-office for vendors.
Core Infrastructure
Advanced Search & Filtering
Real-time discovery by destination, price, and facilities.
Secure Booking Engine
Integrated end-to-end checkout flow powered by Stripe.
Vendor Management Dashboard
Comprehensive tools for hotel owners to manage inventory.
Optimized Media Handling
Seamless property image management via Cloudinary.
Design Philosophy
I aimed to build a scalable, production-ready system using an Nx monorepo to ensure seamless code sharing between the frontend and backend of a dual-sided marketplace.
Leveraging the Nx architecture to manage both the User and Vendor experiences within a single, unified developer environment without code duplication.
Technical Architecture
Implementing secure, multi-step booking flows integrated with Stripe payments and Cloudinary, while maintaining strict type safety across the entire monorepo.
Engineered With
- Next.js
- React
- Node.js
- Express.js
- MongoDB (Mongoose)
- Stripe
- Cloudinary
- Nx Monorepo
Performance Goal
- Sub-second page transitions
- Optimized search query performance
- Efficient image delivery via Cloudinary CDN
System Integrity
- PCI-compliant payment processing
- Secure vendor data isolation
- Strict monorepo type safety
