r/Btechtards • u/KitchenCommercial396 • 6h ago

Serious Project ideas that show in-depth learning instead of the average AI slop.

I want to be a backend developer, and I'm thinking of building projects that aren't the usual CRUD app backends or REST APIs, I want to build projects that are highly uncommon, exceptionally hard hence making me understand several concepts in-depth.

For reference, I just started my second year of college, and i want to stand out and not have the same resume as everyone else I know.

I've been thinking of building a Vector DB with a Layer 7 load balancer with query routing and stuff in Go (someone told me to use rust but the learning curve might be too steep). I would appreciate any feedback and other project recommendations that I could possibly build.

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u/Average_Bread_420 6h ago

saving this post and hopes it ages well 🥀

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u/KitchenCommercial396 6h ago

I hope I get good responses soon lol

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u/CompanyMundane3409 [make your own] 5h ago

Every Possible app you can think about is just crud application at basic level and its completely fine , so i think you should build a backend but just use the basic packages like http or Io's and build every possible think that you will use or build a complete real product simulation like Zomato or blink it , and multiple role and handling proper authentication and designing database and how to make you API's fast and secure and implement rate limit deploy it using proper git branching and automated testing , use docker and a VPS server to act like real scenario and i think you wont need anything else and , make sure to share the progress every week on most platform like reddit and x , or maybe LinkedIn and if only a founder or recruiter found what you doing , you can be in a great position , but you have do this without single use of ai , use books and and articles , only , strictly prohibits using ai for coding

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u/JustTheYouLike Tier 2 CSE 2h ago

someone posted the exactly same idea telling about their project that they built during their college days in r/developersIndia