Consumer
Challenges, clips, and leaderboards for the desi internet.
DesiChallenge.com · 20 weeks
Visit live site 10k+
Users in 60 days
40+
Active challenges
<2s
Video live time
<5ms
Leaderboard latency
Overview
DesiChallenge is a video-challenge social platform. Users post video responses to trending challenges, earn points, climb leaderboards.
The Challenge
Needed a platform handling video uploads at scale on a startup budget with content moderation and CSAM safety.
Our Solution
PHP backend with S3-compatible storage. Android in Kotlin with ExoPlayer. Points engine in Redis for real-time leaderboards.
Tech stack
PHPMySQLAndroidFirebase