☕ CodeBreak

The Idea

Great technical insights often come from casual conversations, not long documentation or deep code dives.
With remote work becoming the norm, those quick “coffee break” chats between developers slowly disappeared.

CodeBreak brings them back.

It’s a digital coffee break where developers can meet a peer, talk about a shared tech stack for 15 minutes, and leave with a fresh perspective.

How It Works

• Frontend: Built with Next.js and Tailwind CSS, focusing on speed, polish, and a premium, glassmorphic UI.
• Real-time Calls: Peer-to-peer video powered by WebRTC, coordinated through a Socket.io signaling server.
• Smart Matching: Users paste their GitHub profile, and interests are auto-generated.
• AI Layer: Gemini (gemini-1.5-flash) analyzes GitHub bios and repositories to extract meaningful conversation topics.

Matching Logic

Users are matched based on shared interests.

[ S = |U_1 \cap U_2| ]

The higher the overlap, the better the match—ensuring every CodeBreak conversation is relevant and engaging.

Key Learnings

• AI can dramatically improve UX when used as a quiet utility, not a headline feature.
• Managing real-time video state in React requires clean abstractions and careful lifecycle handling.
• Developers value products that look as refined as the code they write.

CodeBreak is built to make developer conversations effortless, meaningful, and human—one break at a time ☕

Built With

• cherrio
• express.js
• gemini
• nextjs
• socket.io
• wenrtc