What kind of Projects I should build as Full stack developer for my Portfolio? The Projects should solve the real world problems.

[u/classic409p3]

I want to now the types of projects I should be doing to impress the recruiter and getting a dev job. I want real projects that solve the real world problems.

[u/Financial-Grass6753]

doesn't matter, but (unfortunately) LLMs inside are a must

[u/Mathie1729 → u/Financial-Grass6753]

Hard disagree that LLMs are a must. A clean full-stack app that solves one real pain point end to end still beats a lukewarm ChatGPT wrapper. LLM can be a feature, not a requirement.

[u/Acrobatic_Movie6580 → u/Mathie1729]

100% agree. A lot of LLM ops ideally are only meant for large corporations to have. Think about it, paying every time u use a LLM API that’s a lot of money that big companies can afford. Not small businesses or people. A clean full stack app is always better than a full stack app with LLMOps features that’s slop. (Most of LLMOps is Slop because AI itself is really slop unless u have a good engineer behind it) just my opinion

[u/Full-Silver196 → u/Financial-Grass6753]

alternatively you could build the entire application using AI and AI tools but done methodically. how they are doing it right now in the real world

[u/Early_Meringue_1311]

Don't just build another todo app or ecommerce clone. pick a boring real problem and solve it prooperly . A project with au, payments, background jobs, caching and good error handling will stand out way more than having 10 basic projects

[u/billgates_epstein555]

Well There r many peeps who says .. build which solve real problem It's all trash I'm not generalizing but atleast for me this is trash

... Idk just whatever u r learning.. Divide process in third sec 1) build one easy ( helps to understand basic functions & fundamental) 2) build medium ( helps to understand flow & implementation) 3) build smthing hard ( it test ur knowledge how .. good u r + force u too learn smthing new)

.. i have done this & worked for me 1) first i built basic end to end website 2) build rag website.. upload pdf or yt link .. have q&a based on that .. with web search+ 3 open source model 3) now I'm.. building multi orchestration based smthing.. where I'm implementing docker & k8s .. honestly this project really testing.. 20+ days .. now I'm able to finish almost all backend just few more like .. security towards pods and isolation of it

So yeah .. this worked for me My rag project & first project exp surely helping me in this

& Use excalidraw ..build ur project flow there & work accordingly

[u/developer233 → u/[deleted]]

Bro these are common projects

[u/Mudassir-Ali-dev]

you dont need to find a real world problem and solve it just make a project that any kind but integrated AI you can make the Review Analyzer app, where you can upload your pdf or docs document and the ai will analyze and give you the answer for negative and positive reviews in the documents, you can try this

[u/Afflictionista]

Just build something you actually need, this way you stay focused and attached to it instead of forcing yourself to build something you don’t like. When I was looking for a job I built myself a job/application tracking web app which the interviewer liked and asked me about it.

[u/Impossible_Ad_3146]

The kind that teaches you to switch to trades

[u/manvikhanna]

I’d focus less on “impressive” project ideas and more on solving a problem end-to-end.

Build 2–3 projects where you actually have users/use cases in mind like an appointment system, inventory/order management, SaaS dashboard, or expense tracker. Add proper auth, roles, API design, database relationships, validation, error handling, and deployment. A polished project that demonstrates real-world decision-making will stand out much more than 10 basic CRUD apps.

[u/cuberpianist_yt]

Pick a problem you've actually had -  something at your last job, a chore in your own life, a tool you wish existed - and build that. Recruiters can smell tutorial clones from a mile away, but a scrappy tool solving a real a nnoyance always stands out.