CodeFreak, a competitive coding platform designed to simplify and enhance the coding experience for developers. Inspired by platforms like LeetCode, CodeFreak allows users to: 🔑 Login seamlessly with their Google account 📚 Explore a variety of coding challenges across different topics and difficulty levels 💻 Code in a secure, isolated sandbox environment with Docker containers 🐍 Choose their preferred programming language (currently supporting Python) 🧪 Run their code against multiple test cases and track their progress 📊 Monitor daily submissions and overall progress in a user-friendly UI This project was particularly backend-heavy, focusing on scalability and efficiency. Here’s a peek into the tech stack: Frontend: Next.js (React), Tailwind CSS, Shadcn, Aceternity UI Backend: Spring Boot, with a scalable, event-driven microservice architecture Service Management: Kafka for seamless code submission/execution, Netflix eureka server as a service registry Databases: PostgreSQL for user-related information, MongoDB for questions, code and test cases Logging: Zepkins for centralized logging Building CodeFreak as a side project has been an incredible journey, focusing on creating a minimalistic and intuitive platform. Stay tuned for more updates as I refine and expand the platform!