Capstone Project Blueprints
Break out of tutorial hell. Build production-grade capstones with clear architectural specs, deliverable checklists, and earn verified proof-of-work badges.
Full-Stack Subscription SaaS with Auth, Stripe Billing & REST API
Design, build, and deploy an end-to-end web software product featuring user registration, session tokens, protected CRUD dashboard, and payment checkout integration.
- Database schema migrations with relational user and subscription tables.
- Secure REST API endpoints handling auth, resource CRUD, and payment webhook verification.
Executive Revenue, Churn & Customer Lifetime Value Analytics Dashboard
Ingest messy raw transaction logs from an e-commerce subscription service, clean and aggregate metrics using SQL, and build an executive-ready interactive BI dashboard.
- SQL transformation script parsing raw logs into clean dimension and fact tables.
- Cohort retention matrix and churn rate calculations by customer acquisition month.
FinTech Mobile Banking Experience & Usability Testing Study
Conduct user research to redesign an intimidating budgeting and micro-investment workflow into an accessible, anxiety-free mobile experience with interactive Figma prototypes.
- User research synthesis: 3 persona archetypes and empathy journey maps.
- Low-fidelity wireframe iterations exploring 3 distinct navigation concepts.
Automated Network Vulnerability Assessment & Incident Defense Playbook
Set up an isolated vulnerable virtual lab, execute automated vulnerability scans with Nmap/OpenVAS, identify exploit vectors, and write a formal remediation defense report.
- Network topology diagram illustrating subnets, firewalls, and server nodes.
- Port scan results and CVE vulnerability mapping.
Production Multi-Container Deployment with CI/CD & Terraform on AWS
Provision scalable cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), containerize a multi-tier app with Docker, and automate builds via GitHub Actions CI/CD.
- Terraform configurations provisioning VPC, subnets, and container services on AWS/GCP.
- Multi-stage Dockerfile and Docker Compose orchestration configuration.
Comprehensive Product Strategy, PRD Spec & Agile Sprint Backlog
Act as Lead Product Manager to conceptualize a zero-to-one B2B SaaS workflow. Write a complete PRD spec, define RICE prioritization scores, and configure a sprint board in Linear/Jira.
- Complete 1-page Product Strategy Brief with market opportunity analysis.
- Comprehensive PRD document detailing user stories and acceptance criteria.
Contextual Document Intelligence Assistant with RAG & Vector Search
Build a production AI web assistant that ingests company PDF manuals, chunks and embeds text into a vector database, and generates factually-grounded answers via LLM prompt chaining.
- Document ingestion pipeline with text extraction and semantic chunking.
- Vector database setup (Chroma / Pinecone / pgvector) with cosine similarity retrieval.
End-to-End Automated Test Framework with Playwright & API Triage
Build a robust automated test automation suite for a production e-commerce application using Playwright and Postman, with HTML test reporting and bug issue templates.
- Automated UI test suite covering checkout, cart operations, and authentication.
- API collection verifying status codes, JSON schemas, and response latencies.