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Rajguru Yadav
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🚀 How I Built 700+ Projects by Age 16 — My Ultimate Guide to Staying Consistent in Coding

Hey Dev Community 👋

I'm Raj Guru Yadav, a 16-year-old full-stack developer from India who’s built 700+ coding projects — from simple calculators to full-fledged AI-powered apps.

People often ask me:

“How do you stay motivated?”
“How do you come up with so many ideas?”
“Isn’t it hard to manage school + coding?”

So here’s a breakdown of how I did it — and how you can do it too.

🔥 My Coding Habits That Made a Difference
✅ Code Every Day
Even if it’s just 10 lines. Consistency matters more than intensity.

✅ Make It Fun
I build stuff I love — games, bots, AI blobs, even storytelling tools.

✅ Use Repetition as Power
Built 10 calculators? Good. The 11th one will be the cleanest, fastest, and most polished.

✅ Document Everything
I upload my projects to GitHub, Dev, and other platforms. This helps me track growth and share knowledge.

💡 Where I Get Ideas
✨ Real-life problems

🎮 My favorite games

📱 Tools I wish existed

🧠 Random thoughts while walking 😄

💬 “What if I made an AI blob that talks, projects lights, and solves math?”
Boom — project #642.

🎓 School + Coding: How I Balance It
I treat coding like my “creative break.” Instead of scrolling Instagram, I open VS Code.
Even 30 minutes daily becomes 180+ hours in a year!

🚀 Projects That Got Real Users
Some of my favorite builds that got love:

📘 eBook Dashboard with neon UI + localStorage auth

🤖 SmartBot — a voice-based AI with math and Wikipedia search

📚 Bhagavad Gita Q&A AI — Trained on all 700 shlokas

🎮 Ludo Board UI — fully playable in the browser

🧠 Final Thoughts
Whether you’re 16 or 60, it’s never too late to start building.
Don’t wait for a perfect idea. Just start with one:

A clock.
A to-do app.
A silly joke generator.

That’s how I started too.

💬 Let me know your biggest coding challenge — I’d love to help!
And if you want, I’ll drop a list of my top 25 mini-project ideas next week 🔥

Follow me on Dev for more:
Raj Guru Yadav

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AquaScript Team

Will you like to contribute in creating APIs for developers that will be free to use

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Rajguru Yadav

Hey! I'd absolutely love to contribute to creating free APIs for developers — it's something I'm really passionate about. However, I’m currently caught up with my college exams, so I won’t be able to actively participate right now. Once the exams are over, I’d definitely be interested in joining or supporting the project. Best of luck in the meantime!

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AquaScript Team

I will wait for your discord.com username. And i will like to introduce in team. And you will talk with kelvin

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Rajguru Yadav

My Discord ID is rajguruyadav.
Sorry for the delay in replying!

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AquaScript Team

No Problem Bro

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AquaScript Team

Waiting for you in discord and plz accept friend request on discord. 🙂

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Madalina Pastiu

Wow... very impressive, especially for so much dedication and discipline at such a young age.

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Rajguru Yadav

Thank you so much! 😊 That really means a lot. I’m just trying to learn and build every day — still a long way to go, but I’m enjoying the journey! 🙌

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Dotallio

This is seriously impressive, especially your take on repetition and daily progress. How do you handle burnout when it inevitably hits?

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Rajguru Yadav

Thank you so much! 😊
Burnout is real, and it does hit sometimes. I usually take short breaks, switch to something creative (like building a fun mini-project), or just disconnect for a while to recharge. I remind myself why I started and try not to chase perfection—just consistent, honest effort.
How do you deal with burnout on your end?

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Hacker Khan

Nice

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Rajguru Yadav

Thankyou