inkognitOh!
An anonymous messaging app for honest confessions and feedback.
- Status
- Live
- Role
- Full Stack Developer
- Team
- Solo
- Timeline
- 3 days
The problem
Honest confessions and feedback are hard to get when the sender can be identified.
Who it is for
Anyone who wants to receive anonymous messages.
What I built
An anonymous messaging app. Users sign in, get a unique public link, and share it. Visitors send messages without logging in, and nothing that identifies the sender is stored. Built with Next.js, MongoDB, Zod validation, and shadcn/ui.
Built with
- Frontend
- Next.js (App Router)
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- shadcn/ui
- Backend
- Next.js API Routes
- Axios
- Database
- MongoDB
- Mongoose
- Validation
- Zod
In detail
Key features
User authentication & dashboard
Secure sign-in with a personal dashboard for managing every message the account receives.
Unique shareable public link
Each user receives a public URL to collect anonymous messages. Sharing the link is the only distribution step.
Anonymous message reception
Anyone with the link can send messages without logging in. No account, no identity attached to the submission.
Message management dashboard
View and manage received messages in a structured interface built for quick triage.
Input validation
Zod validates incoming messages before anything touches the database, so stored data stays consistent.
Interface
Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui across the public send page and the private dashboard.
Decision
Anonymity by storage design
Messages are stored in MongoDB without any sender-identifying information, so the data layer holds nothing that could reveal a sender.
Platform flow
User authentication
User signs in to access their personal dashboard.
Public link generation
A unique, shareable link is generated for the user.
Anonymous message submission
Visitors submit messages via the public link without authentication.
Data validation
Incoming messages are validated using Zod schemas.
Message storage
Messages are stored in MongoDB without sender-identifying information.
Dashboard access
Authenticated users view and manage received messages.
Challenges
- Designing anonymous message flows
- Input validation and abuse prevention
- Clean dashboard UX for message management
What I learned
- Full-stack App Router architecture
- Schema validation with Zod
- Designing anonymous yet secure systems
Have a role in mind?
Send me a message on X with the role and a link to the posting. My resume has the rest.