de-duck

💡 Inspiration

• Solving coding assignments/exercises are easier said than done!
• To many, thinking of a solution to approach a LeetCode style problem isn't hard, but translating it into code causes many programmers to hit a coding block similar to a writers block that an author may experience.
• Unable to move forward, you become further stuck under the time pressure of the assignment resorting to external sources such as Stack Overflow, Chegg, Course Hero and more.
• Not only does this put you at risk of plagiarism, but it also hinders your ability to learn and move forward as a programmer!

⚙️ What it does

• de-duck allows one to move forward with a video based style approach that allows beginner to expert level programmers get a guided solution from mentors to any problem!
• Uses discord for mentor and mentee authentication to ensure our platform is a safe environment for all individuals

🛠 How we built it

• For the front end we used Next.js, react, javascript, Chakra UI
• For the backend we used node, and express
• We used supabase for authentication and to store requests to a database
• Used Web RTC with socket.io
• Deployed the front end on vercel and backend on google cloud

💣 Challenges we ran into

• One challenge was maintaining a high retention rate to keep mentors and mentees on the platform, as once a relationship between a mentor was formed, our web app becomes obsolete
• Developed a tier program for mentors, so that they get rewarded for continuous involvement through our web app
• Keeps mentors on the web app thus forcing mentees to continue using our platform
• Second challenge we ran into was pushing things from local to production because things started to break and fall apart very easily.

🏆 Accomplishments that we're proud of

• Ability to implement discord to authenticate logins as it was something we were all new too
• Used discord webhooks to push requests directly to a discord server where Mentors have the ability to view requests and click to join the web app meeting seamlessly!
  • Created a very material and simple UI that has high functionality and simplicity which is something that is hard to find.

📚 What we learned

• Grasped a bigger knowledge on devops
• Production builds are different than development builds.
• How to use google cloud
• Planning is key to staying on track as a team

⏭️ What's next for de-duck

• Introduce a pricing based subscription service
  • Offers students to ask a set limit of questions in return of a fixed rate
  • Encourages students to ask more questions and retain the subscription service so that we can improve and reinvest back into the platform.

Built With

• chakraui
• express.js
• google-cloud
• javascript
• nextjs
• node.js
• react
• simplepeer
• socket.io
• supabase
• vercel
• webrtc