As a fresher stepping into software development, I initially focused on languages, frameworks, and tutorials, building small projects just for practice. After months of learning the development cycle, trying, failing, fixing, and sometimes feeling frustrated but continuing, one project changed how I think about software. It made me realize development is not only about code, but about people, problems, and perspective.
Because I love dancing, I built a small video platform for dancers where they can upload videos, connect, create playlists, and express themselves. While building it, I had to think beyond coding: understanding user needs, data flow, authentication, video delivery, and how the product should feel when someone uses it.
On the backend, I learned the importance of security, validation, and proper data design. Creating a custom authentication flow taught me about sessions, cookies, verification, and how login systems affect user trust. Since it was a video platform, I also explored how video streaming works, file processing, CDN usage, encoding, and performance optimization, which showed me that delivery and performance matter as much as features. On the frontend, I realized clean UX matters more than fancy UI; users care about smooth, fast, simple experiences, not frameworks.
Deployment was another key learning phase. Connecting frontend and backend in production, handling cookies, CORS, device behavior, and performance showed the real difference between a local project and a usable product.
AI discussions helped accelerate my thinking, validate ideas faster, and connect concepts more efficiently, becoming more of a learning partner than just a tool...
platform is live, and a few people also checked. It feels amazing to see how a simple thought in your mind can turn into reality through software.
Live Application: https://www.dancely.in
Documentation:https://docs.dancely.in
Swagger API Doc: https://api.dancely.in/api/v1/docs
Backend Repository: https://github.com/sourav6563/dancely-backend
Frontend Repository: https://github.com/sourav6563/dancely-frontend
Demo Credential:
Email: dancelydemo@gmail.com
Password: Dancely@3900
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