Jake L. Muller Principal Software Engineer

Product · Independent · 2020

Tree of Memories

A digital memorial platform replacing the paper registry book, with shared memories displayed live at the service.

  • RoleArchitect and sole engineer
  • Year2020
  • StatusIn production
  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • JavaScript

How it works

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Tree of Memories, screen 7 of 7

What this shows

memorial as the single source of truth, serving registry, photos, passages, live display.

  1. 01 · The problem

    Memorial registry books are paper, singular, and lost. The memories in them reach nobody who was not in the room.

  2. 02 · What I decided

    Build for the service itself, not only for afterwards. Contributions had to appear live during the service, which set the latency requirement.

  3. 03 · The outcome

    A permanent, shareable memorial with a digital registry, running publicly.

Registry
Digital
Display
Live at service
Platforms
Web · Mobile