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Case Study

Tidy Portal

Deliver finished work through a branded portal, not a Drive folder.

Share selected Drive files from your own domain without uploading another copy.

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Role
Full-Stack Developer
Platform
Web SaaS
Stack
Next.js, Vercel, Supabase, Clerk
Tidy Portal product screens

Why Tidy Portal exists

The challenge

Drive links and email threads make finished work feel generic and give clients no clear place to review or approve it.

The approach

Keep selected files in Drive, then give clients one place to view, approve, and access them.

How it works

Tidy Portal: Set up your brand
01

Set up your brand

Sign in with Google, then add your logo, name, main color, and custom domain.

Tidy Portal: Set up your brand
02

Choose the files to deliver

Select files from Google Drive without uploading them again. Changes to selected files sync automatically.

Tidy Portal: Choose the files to deliver
03

Customize the portal

Add a welcome message, video, pinned files, external links or sections when the project needs them.

Tidy Portal: Customize the portal
04

Send and manage delivery

Share the portal, protect downloads, restrict access to specific emails, get an open notification, and let the client mark the project approved.

Tidy Portal: Send and manage delivery

What I built

A client delivery product that turns selected Drive files into a portal clients can use right away.

Product / Frontend

  • Built onboarding and dashboard workflows for branding, portal setup, file selection, and access controls.
  • Built client views for sections, pinned files, welcome content, protected downloads, and project approval.

Platform / Routing

  • Used Next.js route handlers and server actions for portals across those routes.
  • Used Vercel Edge Functions to serve file previews, including video previews.

Drive / Access

  • Connected Google Drive so creators can choose files already in their Drive instead of uploading a second copy.
  • Added selected file sync, email access checks, protected downloads, open notifications, and client approval.

Engineering decisions

The Drive access and sync choices that keep delivery simple for creators and safe for clients.

Keep files in Google Drive

Using Drive directly removes a second upload for creators and avoids storing another copy of every file.

Request access to selected files only

Creators select the files that belong in a portal. Tidy Portal does not need broad access to their entire Drive.

Keep selected files in sync

When a selected Drive file changes, the portal updates too, so creators do not need to resend a new link.