How I Built a Live Streaming & Entertainment Platform from Scratch
Hey dev community! 👋 For the past few months, I’ve been working on a personal challenge: building a fully functional streaming platform called NongorPlay (nongorplay.live). If you’ve ever tried handling video content, live streams, or real-time data, you know it’s a completely different beast compared to building standard CRUD apps. Today, I want to share my tech stack, the architecture, and how I handled the SEO/indexing side of things. The Tech Stack & Architecture Frontend & Server-Side: Nex
Hey dev community! 👋
For the past few months, I’ve been working on a personal challenge: building a fully functional streaming platform called NongorPlay (nongorplay.live).
If you’ve ever tried handling video content, live streams, or real-time data, you know it’s a completely different beast compared to building standard CRUD apps. Today, I want to share my tech stack, the architecture, and how I handled the SEO/indexing side of things.
The Tech Stack & Architecture
I wanted the platform to be blazing fast, highly scalable, and SEO-friendly. Here is what I used:
Frontend & Server-Side: Next.js / React (for perfect SSR/ISR capabilities so that dynamically updated streams get indexed instantly).
Styling: Tailwind CSS (keeping the bundle size minimal and components clean).
Database & Backend: Node.js, Express, and MongoDB/PostgreSQL (Note: Change/add your actual DB here).
Overcoming the SEO Nightmare for Streaming Sites
Streaming and dynamic content sites often struggle with Google indexing. To fix this from day one, I didn’t just rely on standard tags. I implemented:
Structured JSON-LD Schema: Added custom schema markups so search engines can read the site architecture and video elements natively.
Open Graph (OG) Tags: Tuned for platforms like Facebook and Twitter to ensure rich link previews when users share a stream.
Search Console Automation: Submitting precise sitemaps to Google Console and Bing Webmaster Tools to cut down indexing time.
What's Next?
The site is currently live at nongorplay.live and Google is already indexing the pages properly. Right now, I'm working on optimizing stream latency and improving the mobile UI experience.
I'd love to get some feedback from fellow developers! Check it out and let me know what you think about the performance or what features I should add next.
