Spicemas is a national cultural festival in Grenada. Inovsol built the live-streaming and PPV platform that powers the festival season — four independently deployed apps (public site, admin, scanner, viewer) running on Laravel Octane + Next.js with Mux for streaming.
Challenges
Festival traffic is highly seasonal with a sharp peak window.
Four apps need independent deploys but share data and auth.
Live streams must stay live — even on regional infrastructure.
Approach
Laravel Octane API with Next.js front ends for each app.
Mux for live-stream ingestion and adaptive playback.
Socket.IO for real-time viewer counts and chat.
Results
Four independently deployed apps shipping in one season.
Live streams stable through the festival peak.
PPV checkout integrated end-to-end.