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title: Communify
description: React Native community app for co-working spaces, developed 2017–2019
category: Projects
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# Communify

**Communify** was a React Native mobile application developed by [[Jan_Wilmake]] between 2017 and 2019, designed to help members of co-working spaces discover, connect with, and engage their communities. The project represented Wilmake's first serious attempt to build a venture-scale mobile product and coincided with his digital nomad period.

## Background

The concept arose in 2017 during Wilmake's attendance at the **DNX conference** in Lisbon, Portugal — a gathering for digital nomads and location-independent professionals. Observing the fragmented nature of co-working community tools, he set out to build a unified mobile platform for co-working space operators and their members.

The project was developed while Wilmake was spending extended periods at co-working spaces across Europe and Southeast Asia, giving him direct access to the target user base.

## Technical Architecture

- **Frontend**: React Native (iOS and Android)
- **Backend**: Node.js
- **API layer**: Apollo GraphQL
- **Database**: MySQL

The choice of React Native and GraphQL reflected the emerging best practices of 2017–2018 and established these technologies as the foundation of Wilmake's subsequent mobile development career.

## Development Timeline

| Period | Location | Activity |
|--------|----------|----------|
| Mid-2017 | Lisbon, Portugal | Concept at DNX conference |
| Late 2017 | Tarifa, Spain | Initial development |
| Jan–Apr 2018 | Canggu, Bali | Heavy development at Dojo co-working; pitching to operators |
| 2018–2019 | Amsterdam | Continued alongside freelance work |

The Bali phase (January–April 2018) was the most intensive development period: Wilmake worked from the **Dojo** co-working space in Canggu, simultaneously developing the app and attempting to sign co-working space operators as early customers.

## Outcome

Communify did not achieve commercial traction. The project was suspended in 2019. The technical learnings — particularly in React Native architecture and GraphQL API design — were directly applied in subsequent commercial freelance work.

## See Also

- [[Jan_Wilmake]]
- [[MasterCrimeZ]]
- [[Code_From_Anywhere]]