Building real-time dashboards with React 18 and TypeScript

Real-time data is the frontier of web development. For the Ocean Disaster Management Platform, I needed dashboards that updated live as hazard reports came in from the field.

The Stack

React 18 with concurrent features, TypeScript for type safety, Axios for centralized API communication, and custom hooks for geolocation, media uploads, and auth state.

Modular Architecture

The key decision was building the frontend as a collection of feature modules rather than a monolithic app. Each module owned its routes, components, and API calls. This made it easy for team members to work in parallel without merge conflicts.

This project reinforced my belief that good architecture decisions early on save exponentially more time than clever code later.