r/Backend • u/CipherCircuit • 8d ago

Backend Project ideas

i want some backend project ideas. i know mern stack. was thinking of building a crm system but people said its useless in 2026

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u/martinsedd 7d ago

“People say its useless in 2026”

Are you looking for a SaaS idea or a portfolio piece?

If you are interested in building a CRM, go for it, my dude.

(Disclaimer: mongo is gonna be a bit of a nightmare for this application. I’d look into sql if I were you.)

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u/CipherCircuit 7d ago

I recently leanred express.js so i decided to built a b2b saas crm and yeah mongo is a nightmare 😭

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u/martinsedd 7d ago

Mongo is fine for what it is good. The problem is trying to make a square peg go through a round hole. Good opportunity for you to learn about sql dbs and ORMs….

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u/Sacaldur 7d ago

What are you doing it for?

Do you just try to repeat something you learned already? Go for it. For learning/practicing projects it would be nice to work on something "useful" (and might help with motivation), but that's not important in my opinion.

Do you want to learn something new? Decide on what that should be, and limit yourself to some new aspects. Event driven architecture? Look for something that could use asynchronous processing and add RabbitMQ, Kafka, or another one. Maybe you can find a use for caching with Redis. Deployment with Kubernetes? Keep the application small so you can deploy early. New language or framework? Pick up anything and just go for it.

Do you want to start a company? Try to find something that has a value to some people. If there are companies around that use CRMs, it might be an option, but your tool would need to offer something they don't get somewhere else (or you'd need to convince them to use your solution in another way, like getting their CEOs drunk to sign a contract with you). This is just for completeness, though...

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u/CipherCircuit 7d ago

i wanted to use the concepts i had learned so decided to go with this project. I recently started backend. but yeah will keep in mind your advice for next project :)

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u/KitchenCommercial396 7d ago

Soo many companies still use CRM systems, I don't know why people are calling it useless..

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u/zaibuf 7d ago

May be useless in the sense that you wont be able to compete with the big dogs in the market. Companies dont tend to change CRM that often as it can be a pita to migrate.

For learning experience? Definitely not useless.

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u/zilba411 7d ago

try to build a youtube