Been working on this for a few months. ELI6 Movies is a full-stack streaming webapp:
- Frontend: vanilla JS + CSS on Vercel (no framework, no build step)
- Backend: Node.js + Express + MongoDB on Render
- Auth: JWT with per-device session revocation
- Email: password reset + verification via Resend (native fetch, zero new deps)
- Analytics: custom dashboard — page views, geo, devices, live sessions
- No ads, no paywall, no account needed to browse
Full write-up on dev.to: https://dev.to/eli6_4649fc5be59e2aeb2736/i-built-a-free-streaming-site-from-scratch-no-ads-no-framework-no-bs-32o6
Would love feedback — what would you have done differently?
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source code?
