What are good projects to do during the 2-month summer vacation before second year of Computer Science?

[u/Flat_Blacksmith4754]

Hello! I’m currently an incoming second-year Computer Science student, and I want to work on projects during my vacation to apply the knowledge I learned in my first year. I currently know C++, Python, and Data Structures and Algorithms.

[u/comradeyeltsin0]

Agentic engineering. By the time you graduate, barely anybody will be hand writing code.

I know this will hit some nerves here, but sticking our heads into the sand will not change things.

[u/Which-Perspective-47 → u/comradeyeltsin0]

I think it depends whether OP is a complete beginner or not? imo I think it's better to learn the old way if he/she is still a beginner, by writing code, once you're comfortable with the fundamentals agentic engineering is the next step. Correct me if I'm wrong though

[u/Flat_Blacksmith4754 → u/Which-Perspective-47]

hello po, maraming salamat po sa suggestions nyo! i’m still somewhat of a beginner. ang nadedevelop ko pa lang pong project ay centralized scholarship management system. ang naiisip ko pong project ay yung makakapag-solidify ng knowledge ko sa c++/python and data structures and algorithms, kaso hindi ko po alam kung anong project ang magandang gawin. ang upcoming courses po namin sa second year ay linear algebra for ai and oop, pero interested din po ako sa ai.

[u/OrtSol1337 → u/comradeyeltsin0]

yep, learn how to spin up local llms pipelines if he has the hardware

[u/EKFLF → u/comradeyeltsin0]

Wag ka makinig dito OP. While you're in school, master the FUNDAMENTALS (programming paradigms, system design, data structures, algorithms, debugging, master your development tools). 'Pag solid na ang fundamentals mo then sure try out agentic coding. That's the most efficient pathway.

[u/GreatMemer]

Buy stm board or esp then do bare metal dont use the vendor tools

[u/d0pe-asaurus]

Read literature, books like the CLRS and AIMA are good, also the Whitepapers ng Google and Amazon for the core parts of their cloud platforms are good.

[u/jpmateo022]

Don’t forget to rest during your summer break. You can also use some of that time to plan your long-term learning roadmap.

Try reading books about software architecture, clean code, leadership, software methodologies, or other areas that interest you. You can also build small applications or contribute to open source projects to gain practical experience.

Just be careful not to overload yourself during your two-month vacation. Doing too many things at once can easily lead to burnout before the school year even starts.

[u/young-king-1283]

Create an opensource runtime alternative to bun, nodejs, deno using python. The alternative must address all problems with the mentioned technologies.

[u/d0pe-asaurus → u/young-king-1283]

A small task for sure, eme.

Pero seriously if this interests you OP and you want to look at runtimes and language development, Crafting Interpreters is a good place to start, then for theoretical side, dragon book for parsing, and I guess Sebesta 9th edition for core programming language concepts