Selected work / 04Web & iOS product

Squadxoxo

A social app for University of Michigan students, with new friendship groups each week. Built with Claude Code.

My roleCo-creator · product & growth

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01 / The context

A problem worth exploring.

University of Michigan students need an easier way to meet new friends beyond their existing circles.

A website and iOS app that help University of Michigan students make new friends. Groups are formed around user preferences and refresh every Thursday at 10:30 AM, with built-in chat to keep the conversation going.

02 / Inside the project

See how it works.

Choose a step, inspect the details, and explore the thinking behind the experience.

Annotated product guide · original screenshots

Workflow step 1 / 4

Start with a shared campus.

The landing page introduces a friendship app for University of Michigan students.

Original Squadxoxo landing page, introducing weekly friendship groups at the University of Michigan.
Original Squadxoxo landing page, introducing weekly friendship groups at the University of Michigan.

From the project

Original project assets. Open an image to inspect it at full resolution.

Original Squadxoxo landing page, introducing weekly friendship groups at the University of Michigan.
Original Squadxoxo landing page, introducing weekly friendship groups at the University of Michigan. Full resolution ↗

03 / Decisions & evidence

Behind the experience.

Approach & boundaries

The portfolio describes preference-based groups, new groups every Thursday at 10:30 AM, and built-in chat. React + Vite, Node.js, and Google OAuth are listed in the original entry.

React + ViteNode.jsGoogle OAuth 2.0 APIClaude Code

Skills in practice

Customer validation callsRapid prototypingViral marketing

What the evidence shows

The linked MLive article covers the friendship platform. No adoption or retention metric is claimed.

Sources & attribution

Reviewed against the linked public sources and supplied assets. Demonstrations on this page use fixed example content unless labeled as an original recording or screenshot.