You know what's cool about knowing how to code? You can build whatever you [Music] want. But the problem for a lot of people

is they don't know what to build. I have this problem all the time. I want to program something, but I don't know what

I get that random 3:00 a.m. motivation where I'm ready to program, but then I

just stare at my computer screen and then Google "programming project," and then I'm looking at page after page trying to

find out what to make, and then I end up on YouTube where I watch "Top 10 Programming Projects: Get a Job Now!"

By the time I think of something, I don't want to code anymore; my motivation is gone, and I'm back to watching Brain Rock

content. This kept happening to me until I found this GitHub repo about a year ago, and I wish I knew about it earlier.

Build Your Own X (X as in the letter X, not "ex"; that'd be a little weird). But with

today's AI, you could do that too! Oh, I can see why it's an amazing GitHub repository. It says right here that it's

a compilation of well-written, step-by-step guides for recreating our favorite technologies from scratch. Check out how cool some of these projects are:

You have a 3D renderer, augmented reality games, crypto and blockchain, so you can make your own disgusting meme coins, and

look, you can even make your own terrible JavaScript framework!

Wait, wait, wait! Those projects seem hard. Sloth, I only

know how to do a for loop from my JavaScript. Sorry about that.

To me, that sounded like "skill issues." No, but

seriously though, a lot of you that watch my terrible videos are, in fact, beginners, so I thought, "Hey, why don't I create my

own programming project video?" Totally original, which is why today I'm here to share Sloth's Top 20 Programming

Projects. Yeah, I'm going to list out project ideas that go from beginner, intermediate, advanced, and then 10x developer. I already shared five projects on Sloth Bites and gave some reasons. Oh, you don't know what Sloth Bites is? Sloth

Bites is a weekly newsletter where I share bite-sized programming information to make you a better programmer, for free,

except for your email, but don't worry about that. And it currently has over 900 subscribers. My goal is to make Sloth

Bites one of the top newsletters for programming, so cough up that email and subscribe right now. Okay, let's start off

with number one: a portfolio. Yeah, we're starting really basic, but stay with me. Now, a portfolio is one of the easiest

projects you can do. It's just a place that shows off your work and experience, which means if you're a total beginner,

you get to do absolutely nothing because you don't have work experience. You really only need HTML and CSS, and

those aren't even programming languages. But if you want to get fancy, you can use JavaScript. I'm going to rate the

portfolio a 1 out of 10 for difficulty, a 0 out of 10 for resume-worthiness because

bro, this is basically your resume. I'll give it a 2 out of 10 for learning value

because you'll learn the basics of HTML and CSS, and then I'll give it a 3 out of

10 for coolness. It depends on how good you are at styling. Why coolness? Because it's my video; I can do whatever I want.

Second project is: build your own Git. This is a 10x developer project. What? You thought these projects were going to be

sorted based off difficulty? I already told you this is my video, so I make up the rules. Git is a version control tool that

Every developer hopefully uses it. It was created by our Lord and savior Linus Torvalds and it basically revolutionized

how we manage code. Building your own version of Git will make you learn a lot, like what the heck the Git directory is,

Git objects and more. Plus, you'll get some respect from other programmers for actually knowing how version control works. I rate this project a 7 out of 10

for difficulty, a 6 out of 10 for resume-worthiness because jobs really won't care about this too much unless it's an

actual engineer reviewing it, but it's still a pretty impressive project. A 9 out of 10 for learning value because

you're going to learn a lot about how Git works, and a 4 out of 10 for coolness

because only programmers will understand how cool it is. Third project is a to-do list app. This is a beginner project and

it's as basic as it can get, but hey, it's a start. I might even call this one the

"Hello, world" of web development projects. If you want to start learning web development, this project's for you. You'll get to learn a lot of the basics

of JavaScript or PHP if you use that. Hey, I don't judge. I'll give this project a 2 out of 10 for difficulty, a 2 out of

10 for resume-worthiness because it's a step up from the portfolio at least. A 4 out of 10 for learning value because you're

going to learn fundamental web dev concepts, and a 4 out of 10 for coolness because people love a to-do list. Fourth

project is an AI girlfriend or boyfriend. That's so stupid! With recent improvements of AI, you can take

advantage and make this unique project. You can make a website or app that connects to some language model like GPT-4,

Gemini, Llama, whatever AIs exist, and then give the AI some prompts to act like the loving partner you wish you had. You can

Add some AI character that does mouth movements, and then you can add some premium features, and bam! You're rich off

of people's loneliness. Good job! I'll rate this project a 6 out of 10 for difficulty, a 7 out of 10 for resume

worthiness, maybe a 10 out of 10 depending on if the recruiter is lonely, and then I'll

give it a 6 out of 10 for learning value because you'll learn how to make AI apps,

and then I'll give it a negative 1 out of 10 for coolness. I think you know why.

Fifth project: a smart mirror. This is an intermediate project where you're going to build a smart mirror that's going to

display stuff like the weather, the news, your calendar, maybe even add an AI assistant. This project combines both software and hardware, so it's a good

project if you like messing around with things like a Raspberry Pi. I'll rate this project a 5 out of 10 for

difficulty, a 6 out of 10 for resume worthiness because it's a pretty unique project that combines hardware and

software, an 8 out of 10 for learning value because you get to learn how to integrate hardware and software, and a 10

out of 10 for coolness because it's a smart mirror that you made. That's pretty cool. Project number six: a personal

finance tracker. This is an intermediate project that's going to track your expenses, and then you can use some chart

library to visualize it. You can turn this project into an advanced one if you integrate a third party like Plaid to

get actual banking information. I'll rate this project a 4 out of 10 for difficulty, a 5 out of 10 if you use

Plaid, and then I'll give it a 5 out of 10 for resume worthiness because it shows

You know how to visualize data with graphs and charts, and the business world loves graphs and charts. I'll give it a 5

out of 10 for learning value because you'll get to learn a lot about data visualization, and then I'll give it a 5

out of 10 for coolness, maybe an 8 out of 10 for the finance bros. Project number

seven: a calculator. This is another classic beginner project to teach you the fundamentals, and it's pretty straightforward: add stuff, subtract stuff,

multiply stuff, divide stuff. You get the point. You can make it more challenging by adding stuff like exponents, cosine,

negative numbers, really whatever you want to add. I'll give this project a 2 out of 10 for difficulty, a 2 out of 10

for resume-worthiness. It's a calculator, not rocket science; nobody's going to care. Three out of 10 for learning value

because you'll still learn some fundamentals, and then I'll give it a 2 out of 10 for coolness. It's something...

These ratings are honestly useless because they're just random numbers. Like, project number eight: build your own neural network. This is an advanced

project, and I mentioned this one in Sloth Bytes. Oh, you don't know what Sloth Bytes is? If you want to go into machine

learning or AI, neural networks are a must-know. So building your own is a really good way to understand how most

of these fancy AI work. And bonus points if you do it from scratch without any libraries, because the math for concepts

like backpropagation is...um...yeah. I'll give this project a 7 out of 10 for difficulty, a 4 out of 10 for resume

worthiness because, unfortunately, not many people care if you do this unless you're like in your first year of

college. I'll give it a 9 out of 10 for learning value. It's painful, but you'll

have a really good understanding of popular AI technology, and then I'll give it a 9 out of 10 for coolness because

you can basically say I made my own AI, and that's a pretty cool project. Number nine: a real-time chat application. This is

an intermediate project, and sure, there's plenty of chat applications out there, but you didn't make them. Making this app

is a pretty good project to learn about real-time tools like WebSockets, and it's a pretty good project that will take you

from beginner to intermediate because it has all the parts: a front end, a back end, a database, and now WebSockets. I'll give

this project a 4 out of 10 for difficulty, a 5 out of 10 for résumé

worthiness. It's surprisingly a good résumé project for how common it is; a 7 out of

10 for learning value because you get to learn about how real-time stuff works, and then I'll give it a 7 out of 10 for

coolness because real-time is pretty sweet and satisfying. Project number 10: build your own Redis. This is another

10x developer project. Redis is an in-memory database, which means it mainly uses your computer's RAM, so you'll

basically be building your own database. Yeah, that's 10x developer worthy, but it'll be really difficult. Building your

own Redis from scratch will really give you a deep dive on how complex databases are. I'll give this project a 9 out of 10

for difficulty, an 8 out of 10 for résumé worthiness. It's pretty impressive; a 10 out

of 10 for learning value—you'll have a deep understanding of Redis and databases—and then I'll give it a 5 out

of 10 for coolness because it's another project that only programmers will care about, and you know what's pretty cool.

Remember that "Build Your Own X" repo I mentioned? If you look right there, you'll see this thing called "Build Your Own"

Redis." Wow, I wonder where I got this idea. So if you click it, you'll get sent to a website called Code Crafters. Code

Crafters is an amazing website that will guide you through these complex projects, and they were kind enough to sponsor

this video. Their goal is to help programmers by providing a detailed, step-by-step guide on how to start

complex projects. And these guides were created by experienced engineers that are probably smarter than you and me, but you'll still have to figure out the code

itself, which ensures you don't get stuck in tutorial hell. You can build your own Redis, Git, Docker, SQLite, and a lot of

other technologies from scratch. These are all 10x developer-level projects, and they'll guide you through every step of

the way, which will make you an amazing programmer. You'll gain a deep understanding for each of the

20 Programming Projects That Will Make You A God At Coding

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The Coding Sloth

The Problem of Choosing Programming Projects

Personal struggle with project selection.

Impulsive motivation followed by inaction.

Ineffective online searches for project ideas.

Discovery of a helpful GitHub repository.

Project ideas categorized by skill level.

Beginner project: Portfolio website (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).

Advanced project: Building a custom Git version.

Beginner project: To-do list app (JavaScript or PHP).

Intermediate/Advanced project: AI girlfriend/boyfriend app.

Code Crafters Sponsorship and Advanced Projects

Mention of "Build Your Own X" repository and Code Crafters website.

Code Crafters offers detailed guides for complex projects.

Projects include building Redis, Git, Docker, and SQLite.

40% discount offered through the video description link.

Simple project: Random quote generator using APIs.

Intermediate project: Travel booking system using APIs.

Advanced project: Building a BitTorrent client.