Proof-of-Work Capstone Projects Hub
Build production-grade systems spanning distributed consensus engines, Widevine L1 video studios, and HFT order books. Submit public repositories to receive line-by-line rubric evaluations from Google & Microsoft alumni.
Distributed In-Memory Key-Value Store with Raft Consensus
Architect a distributed fault-tolerant key-value database in Go with leader election, log replication, snapshotting, and strict linearizability guarantees.
Ultra-Secure Widevine DRM Video Streaming Studio
Build a high-security video education player with hardware-accelerated Widevine L1 / FairPlay DRM decoding, dynamic forensic canvas watermarking, and synchronized notes.
Planetary High-Stakes CBT Assessment Engine
Engineer a computer-based testing arena supporting 5 authentic skins (TCS iON, NTA, IBPS, Made Easy, Modern) with sub-25ms evaluation and client-side write-behind queuing.
Algorithmic Order-Matching Engine & FIX 4.4 Gateway
Develop a sub-microsecond limit order book with price-time priority (FIFO), lock-free ring buffers, and financial FIX 4.4 protocol parsing in modern C++20.
Kubernetes Zero-Downtime Microservices GitOps Mesh
Deploy a multi-tier microservices application across a Kubernetes cluster with Istio Service Mesh, automated Canary deployments via ArgoCD, and Prometheus/Grafana observability.