Mobile App Development
Radio Garden
Global live radio streaming app with scalable Django backend and Flutter globe UI.
Industry
Media / Entertainment
Platform
Mobile (iOS & Android)
Year
2023
/ Overview
About the project.
Radio Garden lets users explore live radio stations from around the world via an interactive globe interface. As a Mobile and Backend Developer, built scalable Django APIs managing live radio feeds and station metadata, connected to a Flutter frontend delivering smooth globe navigation and instant stream switching.
Visit live siteThousands
Global stations
Low
Stream switch latency
Scalable
Concurrent listener support
Global
Radio coverage
/ Challenge
The problem we had to solve.
Building a scalable backend capable of managing thousands of live radio feed connections simultaneously while keeping stream latency low and the Flutter globe interface smooth and responsive.
/ Solution
How we turned it into a working product.
Developed Django backend APIs managing live radio station catalogues and stream connections for thousands of global stations, with caching layers for concurrent listeners, connected to a Flutter frontend with smooth globe navigation.
/ Technology
Stack behind the build.
The tools and platforms used to ship the product, grouped by responsibility.
Mobile
Backend
/ Team
The delivery team.
2 specialists contributed across delivery, engineering, design, infrastructure, and QA.
/ Goals
Project Goals
Build a scalable backend serving live radio from thousands of global stations reliably — connected to a Flutter frontend that makes discovering and listening to world radio genuinely delightful.
Scalable Django Radio APIs
Built Django APIs managing live station catalogues and stream connections for thousands of global stations, with caching layers handling concurrent listeners without performance degradation under load.
Flutter Globe Interface
Connected Django backend data to a Flutter frontend with smooth, interactive globe navigation — letting users spin the globe to instantly discover and tune into local radio stations from anywhere in the world.