Challenges
Ship a real project over the monthly build window. Any stack, any idea — tiers help you pick scope. Enroll, submit, and vote on the site before the deadline, then land in the public portfolio.
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Looking for the security track? → Hacker ChallengesGoal Build a command-line habit tracker that stores data locally (SQLite or JSON). Requirements - Add / list / mark habits - Persist between runs - README with install + usage
Resources → - Node fs - SQLite or JSON file storage
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View submissions →Goal Ship a small REST API with auth or rate limiting and deploy it (Workers, Fly, Railway, etc.). Requirements - At least 3 endpoints - Input validation - Deployed URL
Resources → - OpenAPI / Zod - Your host's docs
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View submissions →Goal Build a realtime web app (WebSockets or SSE) with presence or live cursors. Requirements - Working deploy - Clear architecture notes - Basic tests or load notes
Resources → - Socket.io / Partykit / Durable Objects
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Build a command-line weather dashboard that fetches and displays current conditions and forecasts. Focus on clean terminal output with ASCII art or simple charts. This is sized for about 10 days of relaxed evening coding…
Resources → • OpenWeatherMap free tier (5 calls/min) • Rich (Python) or Chalk (Node.js) for colored output • Click (Python) or Comma
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View submissions →Create a REST API for tracking expenses and income with categories, tags, and basic reporting. Include user authentication and simple analytics endpoints. Scope this as a solid weekend project that could expand over ~10 …
Resources → • Express.js, FastAPI, or similar lightweight framework • SQLite or PostgreSQL for local development • JWT or session-ba
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View submissions →Build a GitHub/GitLab bot that analyzes pull requests and provides automated feedback on code quality, security patterns, and style consistency. Use static analysis tools and LLM APIs (with free tiers) to generate helpfu…
Resources → • GitHub/GitLab webhooks and APIs • Static analysis tools (ESLint, Pylint, etc.) • OpenAI free tier or local language mo
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