Projects

Portfolio-grade builds that prove what you can do.

1. 01

   Picking a project worth building

   One filter, applied honestly, before you write any code.

   • What makes a project portfolio-worthy (and what doesn't)A filter for evaluating project ideas — yours or a curated one — against what actually gets asked about in an interview.
2. 02

   Project specs to build

   Concrete, scoped project briefs — not tutorials — for when "build something" is too vague to start from.

   • Spec: a command-line tool that automates something you actually doThe smallest project on this list, and often the most talkable-about — because the requirement comes from your own life, not a spec sheet.
   • Spec: a small full-stack app with real persistence and authThe project that demonstrates you can build the shape almost every real job actually needs — not a todo-list clone, a real one with real accounts.
   • Spec: a README and demo that make your project legible to a strangerThe "Ship" step most self-taught developers skip — a project a stranger can actually understand in sixty seconds, without reading the code.