CASE STUDY
Eden of the West: Building a Music Platform That Grows With Its Community
IMPACT
10+ years of continuous operation and community growth
A music streaming radio station platform combining chill music with anime culture. A decade-long evolution from WordPress to modern, scalable web application.
TIMELINE
10+ years (ongoing)
ROLE
Co-founder and full-stack engineer
TEAM
Started with group of friends sharing passion for chill music and nerd culture
THE CHALLENGE
The original WordPress setup couldn't handle growing listener demand and needed modernization to keep pace with technological advances while maintaining the community's core values.
THE SOLUTION
Progressive technology migration: transitioned from WordPress to Laravel, implemented Azuracast (PHP-based with Vue frontend), currently migrating to Nuxt 3 with serverless and microservice architecture.
TECHNOLOGIES USED
THE RESULTS
- 1Nearly 10 years of continuous operation
- 2Growing passionate listener community
- 3Platform serves as learning laboratory for emerging technologies
An internet radio station operational for over a decade, combining chill music with anime culture. Co-founded with friends and continuously evolved through progressive technology migrations.
Seeing the passion and creativity of our listeners and featured artists has been constant motivation to keep building and improving the station. The platform serves as a continuous learning laboratory, using real-world usage patterns to test and refine emerging technologies.
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