Production-ready tech template for college fest websites — built by someone who learned the hard way
After my fest website crashed under 600 concurrent users I spent a week writing a post-mortem. Then I turned it into a template. FestStack is a Next.js starter with registration flows, payment integration, schedule management, and a load testing guide. Includes the specific fixes for connection pooling and cold start issues.
CS at NIT Surathkal. Got into Amazon off-campus. Rebuilt the fest website and survived the roasting. Production broke me and made me.
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Used this and it made a real difference. Would love to see it keep going.
Really well done. Shared it in the CU placement circle.
This addresses a gap I have felt for a while. Well scoped.
The tech stack makes sense for the problem. Good choices throughout.
This is the kind of thing that comes from actually experiencing the problem firsthand.
Already recommended this to three people in my batch.
Shared this with my batch. Multiple people have already found it useful.
The description says exactly what it does. Refreshing compared to most project pages.
Exactly what our batch needed right now. Timing is perfect.
This is exactly what I needed. The problem is real and the solution is clean.