Loosid: an offline-first social network for recovery
Loosid · Core React Native developer · ~2019–2022
Loosid is a social network built for people in recovery — community feeds, group chat, dating and sobriety tools in one app. I was a core React Native developer on it for around two and a half years.
That longevity meant owning real product surface: a UI overhaul, the data layer, and the offline behaviour that made the community usable anywhere.
The challenge
A recovery community can’t only work on strong Wi-Fi. Members needed their feeds, messages and tools to stay usable on patchy connections — which meant the app couldn’t assume the network was there.
On top of that, a long-lived social app accumulates features and data; keeping it fast and coherent through a major UI overhaul was a constant balancing act.
The approach
The app used RealmDB for an offline-first data layer — reading and writing locally, then syncing — so content stayed available and interactions felt instant regardless of connection.
Data came through a mix of GraphQL and REST services, integrated behind a consistent client layer. I contributed heavily to the UI overhaul and to keeping the growing codebase maintainable across both platforms.
What I built
- Community feed and groups
- Real-time group and direct messaging
- Dating and connection features
- Sobriety tracking and recovery tools
- Offline-first sync so the app works without a live connection
The outcome
I served as a core developer for roughly 2.5 years — the kind of tenure that only comes from shipping reliably on a product people depend on.
The offline-first architecture kept the community usable in the real world, not just on a fast connection, and the UI overhaul modernised the whole experience.
Tech stack
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