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Shipped production product · Web live · U.S. iPhone version 1.1 available

Level Network

The $1/month social network.

Role
Founder, owner, and primary product mind
Access
Signed-out surfaces open · account + $1/month membership required to use the network
Availability
U.S. iPhone only · iOS 26.0+ · age 13+
Download
Free download · $1 monthly purchase
Level Network’s chronological social feed on a warm white interface.

System architecture

Native and browser clients share one typed API while state, private media, delivery, subscriptions, and deployment boundaries stay explicit.

  1. Native SwiftUI iPhone app

    The native member-facing iPhone client.

    Component 1
  2. React browser app

    The browser client for the live web product.

    Component 2
  3. Typed NestJS REST API

    Shared application boundary for authentication, social state, media visibility, and subscriptions.

    Component 3
  4. PostgreSQL via Prisma

    Owns durable social state.

    Component 4
  5. Redis

    Supporting infrastructure.

    Component 5
  6. Private object storage + signed media gateway

    Media remains private and is exposed through short-lived URLs after API visibility checks.

    Component 6
  7. Managed video upload/playback

    A separate managed-media path for video.

    Component 7
  8. Transactional email

    Supports sign-in.

    Component 8
  9. Durable outbox + push worker

    Feeds push delivery separately from the request path.

    Component 9
  10. APNs

    Push delivery for the iPhone client.

    Component 10
  11. Apple + Web subscription rails

    Supports the member subscription paths.

    Component 11
  12. Astro public/legal shell

    Public and legal routes around the React web product.

    Component 12
  13. Cloudflare Pages

    Hosts the public web artifact.

    Component 13
  14. GitHub Actions

    Runs verified Web/API/iOS checks and controlled deployments.

    Component 14

Relationships

  • Native SwiftUI iPhone apprequestsTyped NestJS REST API
  • React browser apprequestsTyped NestJS REST API
  • Typed NestJS REST APIpersists viaPostgreSQL via Prisma
  • Typed NestJS REST APIsupportsRedis
  • Typed NestJS REST APIchecks / signsPrivate object storage + signed media gateway
  • Typed NestJS REST APIcoordinatesManaged video upload/playback
  • Typed NestJS REST APItriggersTransactional email
  • Typed NestJS REST APIenqueuesDurable outbox + push worker
  • Durable outbox + push workerfeedsAPNs
  • Typed NestJS REST APIintegratesApple + Web subscription rails
  • Astro public/legal shelldeploys toCloudflare Pages
  • GitHub Actionschecks / deploysNative SwiftUI iPhone app
  • GitHub Actionschecks / deploysReact browser app
  • GitHub Actionschecks / deploysTyped NestJS REST API
Text equivalent

Native iPhone and browser clients share a typed NestJS API. PostgreSQL/Prisma owns durable social state; Redis is supporting infrastructure. Media uploads directly, remains private, and is exposed through short-lived URLs after API visibility checks; video uses a separate managed-media path. Transactional email supports sign-in, and a durable outbox feeds a separate APNs push worker. The public web artifact combines the React product with Astro legal/public routes on Cloudflare Pages, while backend services deploy separately. Authentication supports email magic codes, Apple, and Google.

Evidence

Public Web
Freshly verified 2026-08-22.
U.S. App Store
Freshly verified 2026-08-22; Fate Jacobson is listed as developer and seller; iPhone-only; version 1.1; iOS 26.0+; age 13+; six storefront images; free download with a $1 monthly purchase.
Shipped delivery
Private release, CI, runtime, and architecture evidence supports this shipped production case study.

Limitations

  • Signed-out surfaces are open, but network use requires an account and a $1/month membership; the app is not a free network.
  • Availability is limited to the U.S. storefront, iPhone only, iOS 26.0+, age 13+, and a free download with a $1 monthly purchase; no iPad, Mac, Android, or worldwide availability is claimed.
  • Source remains private; this portrait makes no public or open-source availability claim.
  • No September 2 readiness or 1.1.1 status is claimed.
  • No user, revenue, growth, ratings, privacy, or security claim is made.

A cleaner social bargain

A full social network rebuilt around a cleaner incentive contract: the user pays one dollar, so attention does not need to be sold.

Level is a paid social network with no ads, no recommendation algorithm in the main feed, no public popularity scoreboard, and a chronological timeline of people the member chose to follow.

The member chooses who to follow, and the main feed reflects that choice in chronological order. The product earns its place through membership rather than by selling attention.

What I built

I am Level’s founder, owner, and primary product mind. I set the product direction and take responsibility for the design, engineering, and decisions that reach members.

A native SwiftUI iPhone app and React browser app share a typed NestJS REST API. The architecture keeps durable state, private media, sign-in, push delivery, subscriptions, and controlled deployment explicit rather than hiding the product's operating contract behind the interface.

Shipped and available

The web product is live, and U.S. iPhone version 1.1 is available. Signed-out surfaces are open; using the network requires an account and a $1/month membership.

The iPhone app is free to download, with a $1 monthly purchase. This portrait records the verified U.S. storefront only: iPhone, iOS 26.0+, and age 13+.

Level's source remains private, so this portrait links directly to the live web product and the U.S. App Store listing.