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Infrastructure & Database Solutions

We design reliable systems and databases that support growth without slowing you down. Every solution is tailored — to your scale, your budget, and the data you actually work with. From lightweight setups to scalable architectures, we focus on long-term clarity, resilience, and maintainability.

Interactive Catalogue for Volunteering Organizations, dobrovolnictvimsk.cz

Challenge The client — a regional volunteering center — needed an interactive, filterable catalogue of organizations offering volunteer opportunities across districts and activity types.
Requirements were clear:

  • must be easy to edit by non-technical staff

  • must be mobile-friendly

  • must fit a tight NGO budget

  • must integrate cleanly into an existing website with non-standard styling rules

Selecting the right “database” for the job
Because the expected dataset was small (50–100 organizations) and the team needed a low-cost, intuitive system, we chose a Google Sheet as the backend.
Advantages:

  • no maintenance cost

  • instant familiarity for staff

  • simple validation and structure

  • good-enough speed for the dataset size

Designing filters that work on every device
Most visitors browse from mobile, so filters had to be lightweight and easy to tap.
We implemented “bubble” filters that:

  • work across screen sizes

  • communicate selected categories clearly

  • apply logical combinations intuitively

  • avoid overwhelming the user

Integrating into an existing, unconventional front end
The website used non-standard styling (including font sizes tied to viewport width), so we created a flexible UI layer that respected the existing design while remaining stable and readable.
This ensured the catalogue looked native, not “bolted on.” Outcome We delivered a functional, fast, and easy-to-maintain solution within the constraints — technical, financial, and organizational.
The team can update data independently, and volunteers get a clear, mobile-friendly way to find opportunities that match their interests.

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