Show Lemmy: OP vibe coded a "free streaming site from scratch — vanilla JS, Node.js, MongoDB, $0/month stack"

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47666821

Built ELI6 Movies as a side project to push how far a free-tier stack can go.

Tech:

• Frontend: pure HTML/CSS/vanilla JS on Vercel (free)
• Backend: Node.js/Express on Render (free)
• DB: MongoDB Atlas M0 (free)
• Metadata: TMDB API
• Video: third-party embeds with smart server failover

Interesting bits:

• Multi-server failover via postMessage detection
• Episode email notifier
• Tiered TMDB cache
• i18n (EN/IT/RU)
• Android TV spatial navigation

→ Watch now

Happy to answer questions about the architecture.

I removed the link because of the potential for malware and viruses in OP's open sewar of an app.