SDG 3 Developer Wellbeing Engine

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  SDG 3 Developer Wellbeing Engine - Backend Architecture & Core Components Overview

Inspiration

As developers, we spend endless hours glued to our screens, chugging coffee, and pushing through deadlines. It leads straight to burnout, fatigue, and dehydration. Most tools out there only track how productive we are, completely ignoring how we actually feel. I wanted to build something that flips the focus back onto developer health.

What it does

The SDG 3 Developer Wellbeing Engine is a modular backend system that takes in developer activity data and spits out real, actionable health intelligence via clean JSON API responses.

• Hydration Target Engine: Calculates personalized daily water targets dynamically based on body weight and exercise, instead of just giving a generic daily recommendation.
• Desk Fatigue Engine: Analyzes screen time, work intensity, and break frequency to flag burnout risks and tell you when to step away.

How I built it

I built the entire backend engine using Python and Flask right inside GitHub Codespaces. The architecture keeps things clean—separating the routing logic from the actual health calculations in the service layer. Because it's an engine layer, the entire focus is on solid backend math, clean API contracts, and scalability rather than a fancy frontend.

Challenges & What I'm proud of

Building dynamic math logic that accurately scales health guidance without relying on a visual interface was a fun challenge. I'm really proud of creating a backend architecture that directly connects core engineering workflow to UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being).

What it does

How we built it

Challenges we ran into

Accomplishments that we're proud of

What we learned

What's next for SDG 3 Developer Wellbeing Engine

Built With

• flask
• github-codespaces
• python
• restapi