Rebuild · La Communauté des EntrepreneursComplete rebuild of a community platform: from WordPress to a custom Next.js architecture with an AI assistant
Taking over a WordPress site overloaded with plugins, understanding its business logic, and rebuilding it on solid foundations without ever losing touch with the product's business reality.
See the live platform- Client
- La Communauté des Entrepreneurs, a French-speaking platform dedicated to entrepreneurship
- Role
- Full-stack developer & technical architect (technical co-founder of the project)
The context
LCDE ran on WordPress with a stack of plugins (BuddyBoss, WooCommerce, a custom chatbot plugin). The founder, who is not technical, needed a partner able to take over the existing product, understand its business logic and rebuild it on solid foundations.
What was done
- 1
Audit and extraction of the existing product
Before any rewrite, the in-house chatbot plugin (PHP + React) was taken apart to extract its real business logic: system prompt, triggers, user journey. The goal: lose nothing of what already worked.
- 2
Complete technical rebuild
Migration from WordPress to Next.js 14, a Neon database (serverless PostgreSQL), Drizzle ORM, Stripe payments, Brevo emailing, GA4 analytics, Coolify hosting on a dedicated VPS.
- 3
Alfred, the platform's AI assistant
Complete rebuild of the chatbot: a move to Mistral AI, a RAG architecture connected to three sources (user profile, platform resources indexed with embeddings, private knowledge base), and an identity consistent with the brand's tone.
- 4
Notifications and user journey
A complete notification system (in-app + email), a nine-step structured journey to guide members, and gamification logic to maximise engagement.
Tech stack
- Next.js 14
- Neon (PostgreSQL)
- Drizzle ORM
- Stripe
- Brevo
- Mistral AI (RAG + embeddings)
- Coolify / VPS
What it changes
A platform no longer dependent on a pile of fragile WordPress plugins, an AI assistant that really knows the community's content and members, and a technical base designed to evolve without starting from scratch for every new feature.
Concrete results
V2 platform delivered and in production, rebuild carried out over several months, on schedule.
I entrusted Thibault with the complete rebuild of V2 of my platform, over several months. The result exceeds my expectations. Technically, his choices were solid at every stage, with clean code and real command of the technologies. He was able to step back on the architecture, avoiding a lot of technical debt. Above all, his autonomy struck me: never any need to chase him, he anticipated and came back with solutions. Deadlines met. I recommend Thibault without hesitation.