Starling

Solo Full-Stack Engineer · Data

Map public networks around a handle as explainable graphs, not a black box.

Timeline: 2025 to 2026
Stack: Next.js, React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, D3.js, Graph data modeling, Apify, react-force-graph-2d, Vercel

Overview

Starling charts visible interaction, audience, and taste from public handles across major platforms. The committed demo at /demo runs from frozen snapshots so you can explore without live scraping.

Social activity is modeled as nodes, weighted edges, and engagement-based clusters. Proximity maps put you at the center: distance reflects how often someone shows up, not a friendship score.

Platform-native layouts cover TikTok hashtags, Spotify genres, and LinkedIn company hub-and-spoke views.

What I built

Multi-platform graphs for LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and Spotify
Graph data modeling with D3.js and force-directed views for relationship ranking and shared-engagement communities
Engagement analytics with time ranges, top engagers, and posts over time
Traceable views of comments and reactions behind graph edges
Explainable network graph in 2D or 3D with a how-to-read guide
Chat to ask the graph questions with per-visitor quotas
Shareable pinned snapshots for demos

Tech

Next.jsReactTypeScriptTailwind CSSD3.jsGraph data modelingApifyreact-force-graph-2dVercel

Screens

Starling: Landing page: 'See your people.' A murmuration is many birds and one living shape. — Landing page: 'See your people.' A murmuration is many birds and one living shape.

Starling: What opens after you pick a handle — What opens after you pick a handle

Starling: Social media analytics across Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn, with top commenters — Social media analytics across Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn, with top commenters

Starling: Sentiment analysis of comments (positive, neutral, negative) — Sentiment analysis of comments (positive, neutral, negative)

Starling: Graph visualization that explains why each line is there — Graph visualization that explains why each line is there

Starling: Searchable posts and comments, plus Lamprotornis, an assistant you can ask in plain English — Searchable posts and comments, plus Lamprotornis, an assistant you can ask in plain English

Starling: Try it with any public Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, or Spotify handle — Try it with any public Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, or Spotify handle

Starling: Demo: who interacts with you, in 2D or 3D, with a 'How to read this' guide — Demo: who interacts with you, in 2D or 3D, with a 'How to read this' guide

Starling: Demo analytics: connections, followers, comments, reactions, engagers, and posts over time — Demo analytics: connections, followers, comments, reactions, engagers, and posts over time

Starling: Chat with your network data, with voice options — Chat with your network data, with voice options

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