Build 3 Production-Ready AI Apps: Security Analytics, Coding Interview & Career Tracker
Learn how to build three complete, enterprise-grade AI applications from scratch in this full-stack mega-tutorial. This masterclass guides you through every line of code to create production-ready systems combining cutting-edge LLMs, secure multi-provider authentication, and scalable database architectures.
What you see running live in the demos is exactly what you will build—no shortcuts, no placeholders.
PROJECT 1: INTERVIEW NINJA (AI Coding Interview Platform)
Build a full-stack AI-powered coding interview platform where candidates write code in a live, browser-based VS Code-style editor and receive instant, structured AI evaluation from Anthropic Claude.
Core Setup & Architecture: Next.js App Router project structure, TypeScript interfaces, discriminated union state management, and Tailwind CSS dark-theme styling.
Auth & Role-Based Access: Google OAuth sign-in with InsForge Auth, client-side AuthGuards with session verification, and role-based routing for candidate vs. recruiter portals using nested layout files.
Database & Storage Backend: PostgreSQL schema design using enums, foreign keys, and triggers. Implementing Row Level Security (RLS) policies for user data isolation. Frontend queries, upserts, and joins via InsForge SDK.
AI Evaluation Pipeline: Sending code submissions to Anthropic Claude. Crafting structured prompts for consistent JSON feedback. Handling rate limits with exponential backoff and building fallback heuristics.
PROJECT 2: PROJECT ALABAMA (LLM Log Analyzer & SOC Dashboard)
Build a robust Security Operations Center (SOC) analytics console and log analyzer that ingests raw network events, runs rule-based threat detection, and utilizes Google Gemini to provide analyst-style investigation workflows.
Core SOC Workflows: Designing a real-world security UI around four modules: Alerts, Log Upload, Raw Ingest, and Third-Party Integrations.
Deterministic Rule Engine: Building background rules to flag off-hours privileged actions, impossible travel, brute-force patterns (failed-then-successful logins), and download spikes. Calculating risk scores and severity ratings.
AI Threat Hunting: Connecting Google Gemini API to automatically generate contextual short explanations, suggested next steps per alert, and upload insight summaries for parsed log batches.
Ingestion Pipelines: Handling multi-format uploads (JSON, NDJSON, CSV, key/value) with format detection and parser warnings. Creating endpoints to paste or POST JSON directly via a Raw Ingest API.
PROJECT 3: CAREER COMPASS AI (AI Career Planning App)
Build a personalized career planning and milestone tracking application that generates tailored 12-month professional roadmaps using Google Gemini, manages task state persistence, and features an interactive AI career coach named "Jake".
Onboarding & User Flow: Integrating Clerk Authentication for secure sign-up/sign-in, designing protected layout patterns, and building multi-step onboarding forms to capture user goals and constraints.
AI Roadmap Generation: Interfacing with the @google/genai SDK to process onboarding parameters and return a detailed 12-month career plan structured strictly in JSON.
Contextual AI Chat Agent: Engineering "Jake"—an interactive AI career assistant capable of referencing the user's specific roadmap state to provide tailored, real-time coaching.
Product UX: Translating raw JSON data into interactive components with Shadcn UI, tracking monthly progress checkboxes, and rendering actionable career milestones.
TECH STACK
Next.js (App Router), React, TypeScript
Tailwind CSS, Shadcn UI, Monaco Editor (@monaco-editor/react), Lucide React
Anthropic Claude SDK (@anthropic-ai/sdk), Google Gemini API (@google/genai)
InsForge (@insforge/sdk), Supabase, MongoDB, Clerk Authentication, PostgreSQL
MATERIALS & REFERENCES
Interview Ninja Starter: https://github.com/mendsalbert/interv...
Interview Ninja Finished: https://github.com/mendsalbert/interv...
Project Alabama Starter: https://github.com/mendsalbert/alabam...
Project Alabama Finished: https://github.com/mendsalbert/alabama
Career Compass AI Finished: https://github.com/mendsalbert/career...
InsForge Docs: https://docs.insforge.dev
Anthropic Docs: https://docs.anthropic.com
Gemini Docs: https://ai.google.dev/
Clerk Docs: https://clerk.com/docs
Next.js Docs: https://nextjs.org/docs
Monaco Editor: https://github.com/suren-atoyan/monac...
HOSTING & DISCOUNT
The live apps in this demo are hosted on Hostinger. To deploy your own full-stack versions with automated GitHub CI/CD, use the link below:
👉 https://www.hostinger.com/albertai
Use code ALBERTAI at checkout for a special discount!
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