NextMatch
AI-Powered Property Rental Platform
A full-stack rental discovery platform where users browse, filter, and list properties, enhanced by two agentic AI features: a context-aware chat assistant and a feedback-driven recommendation engine.
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Full Project Description
NextMatch reimagines property rental discovery by combining a polished full-stack marketplace with genuine AI reasoning. Users can search and filter verified listings, publish their own properties, and manage them through a personal dashboard — all secured with Better Auth and Google OAuth. What sets it apart is the AI layer: a conversational assistant that understands live listing data and answers grounded, context-aware questions with full conversation memory, alongside a smart recommendation engine that ranks properties against user preferences and continuously improves from thumbs up/down feedback.
Technologies Stack
Key Features & Functional Highlights
Technical Challenges Faced
- Resolving cross-domain session cookie handling between a separately deployed Next.js frontend and Express backend, including SameSite, Secure, and __Secure- prefixed cookie naming in production.
- Migrating from a deprecated Gemini SDK and model version mid-development while preserving streaming responses and conversation memory.
Future Roadmaps & Planned Improvements
- Adding a map-based explore view using existing listing geolocation data.
- Expanding the recommendation engine with a persisted user favorites/saved listings feature.