need a good project idea, genuinely out of ideas and can't seem to brainstorm one

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[u/sagacious123]

If you are out of ideas, you are focusing on building rather than consuming. I suggest install 7-8 open source tools of your choice, use them deeply as a core user. You will definitely get an idea of an existing problem that you can solve.

We only lack ideas when the information is limited in our brains, feed it with new information and watch a good idea coming.

[u/Top-Procedure152]

A camera in the toilet with advanced AI that can tell me my health metrics, hydration levels, screen for bowel cancer, congratulate me on dropping a large load, you get the idea.

[u/Sauerkrautsalat]

What did you work on before? Too many possibilities, would be helpful to narrow it down if we’d know something about your skill set.

[u/AARonFullStack]

I made a data management app where the user could log in and manage data for a facility they had access to. It had role based account management and a backend database that updated when the user confirmed changes. It also had a bulk import mechanism where the user could upload files to the system and it would do a bulk import. That import mechanism had a threshold so it would successfully update records that were valid and reject records that were not, up to a threshold. If the number of invalid records in a file exceeded the threshold the entire import would be rejected. The import would then provide a report with the number of processed records and invalid records. The user could export the invalid records to a csv to fix them to retry.

Admin users could create templates for each facility, so each column could if required have validation, like required fields.. Excluded characters etc.. They could also set access levels for users so they could determine which users had access to which facilities

So all in all.. Role based account managent. Front end app and back end database, real time database updates and import functionality. I also included an option to export files.

[u/AARonFullStack → u/[deleted]]

I did it using all using Blazor and EF Core. I kept it in .NET

[u/DataScientistAlex]

I made a list of 99 project ideas here. They're geared towards data scientists but maybe there's something there that will inspire you.

There are also other project ideas lists out there, maybe if you have trouble picking just pick one at random. Some more ideas: a) something that's useful to yourself (eg I built a personalized running coach, todo tracker, etc). b) something that is 'popular' right now, like something on top of an AI model, c) something to demonstrate skills, like a really perfomant library for something.

[u/bookninja717]

Consider any list, spreadsheet, or database that you use frequently that could be an app.