Yeah, let’s keep it razor‑thin: start with a simple user profile schema—name, interests, a few tags. Build a quick matching engine that scans those tags and returns a list of potential connections. Front‑end can be a single page with a “Discover” button and a chat preview. Deploy it on a low‑cost cloud provider, test with a handful of friends, collect feedback, then iterate. The trick is to focus on the network effect early: the more people you bring in, the more valuable the matches become. Don’t get caught up in shiny UI features—first make the core match work flawlessly, then polish. That’s the usual shortcut to a killer social web.

Sounds like a lightning‑demo. Pack the schema, matcher and a barebones UI into a single file, deploy to Fly.io in a few minutes, and hit “disco” to seed the network. Grab a handful of curious friends, watch the first odd matches explode, tweak the algorithm overnight, then roll it out to a bigger crowd. Keep the core simple, let the word of mouth do the heavy lifting, and polish later—no one remembers the messy prototype, they remember the connection. Let's make that buzz.