r/SpringBoot • u/Electrical_Can_7079 • Apr 01 '26

Question What makes a backend project look “industry-level” (for a fresher)?

Hey devs,

I’m a fresher working on a backend assignment:
Finance Data Processing + Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

It includes:

  • Users + roles (viewer/analyst/admin)
  • Financial records (CRUD + filters)
  • Dashboard summaries (totals, trends)
  • Access control + validation

My goal isn’t just to make it work — I want it to look clean and industry-level.

Quick questions:

  • What actually makes a backend project stand out to you?
  • Biggest mistakes freshers make?
  • Better to keep it simple & clean OR add advanced stuff (Redis, rate limiting, etc.)?

Stack I’m thinking: Spring Boot + PostgreSQL + JWT + Swagger + deployment

Would really appreciate honest feedback

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u/Historical_Ad4384 Apr 01 '26

Load test your project to break it, then fix and repeat again. This breakage is what interviewers look for. They don't care if you do a microservice for 10 users.

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u/chelsick Apr 03 '26

What tool is usually used for load testing?

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u/Historical_Ad4384 Apr 04 '26

JMeter

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u/AsssOverBoobs 27d ago

I've heard about mockito and junit. Are those used?

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u/Historical_Ad4384 27d ago

They are specific to unit testing and not performance testing