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How We Saved Tailgate $24k+ with AI

Overview:

Tailgate is a social platform that helps out-of-market sports fans discover local watch parties and connect with others repping the same team. Born from the frustration every out-of-market fan, Tailgate transforms solo game days into shared celebrations— right from your phone.

⚙️ How Ongoku Helped

Instead of spending weeks hand-coding infrastructure, we used our AI-powered backend framework to auto-generate:

  • MongoDB schema and collections
  • RESTful API endpoints
  • Admin dashboard
  • Event + user logic — all from a single schema

This gave us production-ready backend features in hours, not weeks— so we could focus on product, not plumbing.

✨ Benefits

  • Faster launch: Backend up in < 48 hours
  • No devops mess: Hosted + scalable from day one
  • Easy iteration: Change the schema, get fresh endpoints instantly
  • Built-in admin UI: No time wasted on tooling
  • Cleaner testing: Auto-generated docs and consistent structure

💰 Cost & Time Savings

  • 120+ hours saved on backend setup
  • $24,000+ saved in dev time and labor
  • Completed 6 weeks faster than a traditional stack

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