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ChurchSocial.ai

Launched in 14 weeks with a fast, scalable, volunteer‑friendly church social.

Technology Used:
  • AWS S3
  • BullMQ
  • Clerk
  • Cloudinary
  • GA4
  • GitHub Actions
  • MSW
  • Neon Postgres
  • Next.js 15
  • Node Lambdas
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Playwright
  • PostHog
  • Prisma
  • React Server Components
  • Sentry
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Typescript
  • Upstash Redis
  • Vercel Edge
  • Vitest

Case Study

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About the Client

ChurchSocial.ai (formerly Discipls.io) is a SaaS platform that helps churches turn sermons into short‑form clips, generate branded graphics, schedule posts, and track performance across major social channels. The leadership needed a faster, more reliable content pipeline that volunteers could use without a steep learning curve, along with integrations common in church workflows.

Challenges

  • Manual clip pipeline increased content latency and operator toil
  • API rate limits caused peak-time posting failures across platforms
  • Inconsistent brand tokens across templates and generated assets
  • Limited channel analytics hindered scheduling optimization and strategy
  • Poor mobile Web Vitals degraded reach and shareability

Solution: Challenge → Solution → Result Mapping

Challenge Solution Implemented Result Achieved
Slow clip creation and captions Text‑based editing, AI transcript with Whisper‑grade pipeline, templateable captions, Cloudinary transforms Time to publish per sermon reduced from 75 minutes to 15 minutes
Posting failures across platforms Resilient queue with BullMQ, idempotent webhooks, per‑channel retry and backoff, status dashboard 99.3% scheduling success rate during peak windows
Inconsistent branding Template system with locked styles, logo packs, color tokens, and safe zones 100% brand consistency across assets created in the app
Weak analytics and planning Channel‑level insights with GA4 and PostHog events, content calendar and best‑time recommendations 22% lift in engagement per post over 6 weeks
Slow mobile performance Next.js App Router with RSC, ISR for content pages, Edge caching, image optimization LCP on mobile improved from 4.8s to 1.9s, CLS from 0.18 to 0.06
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Architecture Overview

The platform is multi‑tenant with per‑tenant Postgres schemas and scoped CDN/API credentials for clean isolation and fault containment.

Next.js App Router with React Server Components renders dashboards server‑side to shrink bundles, while ISR and image optimization keep public pages fast.

A queue‑driven posting layer signs requests, retries with backoff, and uses circuit breakers across social APIs; media ingest and transcoding run on workers so interfaces stay responsive, with traces and metrics safeguarding SLAs.

Key Features Delivered

  • Sermon Clip Creator: Text edits, AI tracking, subtitles, safe zones
  • Graphics Studio: Branded templates, auto styles, quick variants
  • Multi‑platform Scheduler: IG/FB/X/TikTok/YT/GB, calendar, bulk actions
  • Team Management: Roles, approvals, audit logs for volunteers
  • Planning Center: Event sync, content suggestions, weekly plans

User Journey

  • Upload/import sermon; auto transcribe and segment
  • Review highlights; text‑edit, brand templates, subtitles
  • Approve cutdowns; generate captions, hashtags, previews
  • Schedule across accounts; resolve conflicts; queue posts
  • Monitor dashboards: views, completion, engagement by channel

Tech Stack & Integration

  • Frontend: Next.js App Router, RSC, Server Actions, TS, Tailwind
  • Runtime: Vercel Edge SSR/cache; Node Lambdas APIs; ffmpeg workers
  • Data/Cache: Neon Postgres + Prisma; Upstash Redis for jobs/limits
  • Queues: BullMQ scheduling, retries, idempotency across channels
  • Media/Storage: Cloudinary transforms; S3 sermon archives/backups
  • Auth/Roles: Clerk OAuth/email; RBAC roles and scoped permissions
  • Search: Meilisearch for transcripts, captions, asset tags
  • Observability: Sentry errors; OpenTelemetry traces; GA4, PostHog
  • CI/CD: GitHub Actions checks; Vercel previews, protected branches

Measurable Results / ROI

  • 80% faster publishing (75 to 15 minutes)
  • 3.5x weekly clips (8 to 28–36)
  • 99.3% posting success, up from 93%
  • Mobile LCP 1.9s, CLS 0.06, Lighthouse 92
  • 24% uplift in signup-to-paid conversion
  • 32% fewer support tickets

Why ValueCoders?

  • Top 1% Next.js engineers, India-based, outcomes-focused.
  • 7-stage vetting, tailored onboarding, proof-of-work timesheets.
  • CI/CD gates, performance and SEO budgets, accessibility checks.
  • Dedicated PM, time-zone overlap, daily standups, clear SLAs.
  • 7-day risk-free trial, NDA, full IP, flexible contracts.

Client Quote

ValueCoders turned our manual, error-prone clip pipeline into a predictable ten-minute routine our volunteers actually enjoy using. Posting is reliable across every channel, the app feels noticeably faster, and we finally have the observability to move with confidence.
– Head of Product, ChurchSocial.ai

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