Prometeo | IITJ TechFest Website logo

Prometeo | IITJ TechFest Website

Led the relaunch of Prometeo, IIT Jodhpur's annual tech fest portal, creating an immersive 3D landing experience that remained performant for 25k+ visitors during ticketing peaks.

Team projectPublic repositoryOct 2024 – Dec 2024IIT Jodhpur, India

Impact metrics

Key outcomes delivered for stakeholders

Page load

↓ 42%

LCP dropped from 3.8s to 2.2s after asset optimisation pipeline

Traffic

25k+

Unique visitors served over the three-day launch window

Support

0 incidents

No downtime or payment failures recorded during registrations

Highlights

Notable milestones and system improvements

  • Cut hero scene payload by 38% via mesh decimation, texture compression, and route-level code splitting
  • Designed automated CloudFront cache invalidation ensuring fresh content within 60 seconds of CMS publish
  • Implemented real-time ticket inventory dashboard for core organizing team

Responsibilities

Where I created the most impact

  • Refined Three.js scene composition and glTF optimisations to balance aesthetics with sub-2s LCP across broadband networks
  • Built stateless Django API layer with Redis caching and auto-scaling Docker deployment on AWS Fargate
  • Integrated Razorpay checkout flow with webhook validation, CSRF safeguards, and encrypted audit logs

Project narrative

Snapshot of the project background, execution, and results

Project context

The organising team needed a visually striking web presence that could withstand sudden ticket sale surges without compromising security or UX.

Approach

Modernised the 3D experience with progressive loading, served content through a hardened Django API, and containerised the stack with CI-driven deployments.

Impact

Delivered a resilient launch with stellar Core Web Vitals, higher conversion on passes, and positive feedback from attendees and sponsors.

Stack

Tools and frameworks that powered the build

Three.jsDjangoDockerRedisAWS