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Live demo
Make this concrete enough that another engineer can understand what you built and why.
CAREER PROJECT · Advanced · 3 weekends
Mini Git Hosting Service
Build repository metadata, commits/issues workflows and permissions around a simplified developer platform.
Data modelingAPIsAuthSystems thinkingTesting
DEFINITION OF DONE
Leave artifacts a reviewer can inspect.
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Domain model
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Permissions
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API docs
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Tests
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RESUME / PORTFOLIO FRAMING
Describe what you actually did.
Built a developer collaboration service with repository metadata, issue workflows and permission-aware APIs.
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STRETCH GOALS
Go deeper if the core is already solid.
Webhooks
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Search
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Activity feed
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