I built CommuniQ for the AWS H0 Hackathon — a white-label community platform
powered by Aurora DSQL, the new serverless distributed SQL database from AWS.
The Problem
Platforms like Circle.so charge $300+/month with no AWS-native option.
I wanted to build something that runs entirely on AWS infrastructure.
What I Built
CommuniQ lets any brand launch their own community (like a white-label Discord/Circle.so)
with full multi-tenant isolation. Each community gets its own URL slug, spaces,
threaded posts, and member management.
Why Aurora DSQL
- Active-active multi-region writes (us-east-1)
- Zero cluster management — fully serverless
- IAM token auth via DsqlSigner — no static passwords stored ever
- Strong consistency across regions
Technical Stack
- Next.js 16 + NextAuth v5 (beta)
- Prisma 7 with @prisma/adapter-pg (Driver Adapter pattern)
- AWS Aurora DSQL as the primary database
- Deployed on Vercel
Key Code Pattern
typescript
const signer = new DsqlSigner({ hostname: DSQL_HOST, region: "us-east-1" });
const token = await signer.getDbConnectAdminAuthToken();
// token used as PostgreSQL password — rotates automatically
Live Demo
Try it: https://communiq-self.vercel.app
I created this article for the purposes of entering the AWS H0 Hackathon.
#H0Hackathon #Vercel #AuroraSQL #Nextjs #AWSHackathon
