Lately I have been thinking a lot about what I should build to make my portfolio stronger.
At first, I was just asking myself the same question again and again: what should I do, what should I build, what kind of projects are actually worth my time right now? After thinking about it for a while, I realized that the best thing I can do is set a clear list for myself and give that list a real timeline. Not just random ideas written somewhere, but actual projects that I can complete one by one.
To be honest, I do not think we are in the same era anymore.
There was a time when people could fill their portfolio with a calculator app, a to do list, a weather app and a few simple clones, and that was enough to show potential. I am not disrespecting that period, because those projects still teach useful fundamentals, but the sector is clearly moving to a very different point now. More advanced ideas matter more. Working closely with AI tools matters more. Understanding how to build, ship and think with these tools matters more.
Nobody should lie to themselves about this.
Coding and programming are changing. The way we build products is changing. The expectations are changing too. Because of that, I want my portfolio to reflect the direction I believe the industry is heading, not the direction it is leaving behind.
So I made a list of 10 projects that I believe can help me in two ways: first, they can make my portfolio much stronger, and second, they can push me to improve myself while I build them. I also believe this roadmap can prepare me mentally for the public work I want to start sharing more consistently in the future, especially around my startup journey and the things I want to build seriously.
Here is the list I want to complete:
1. HireFlow AI
An AI career assistant that rewrites CVs and generates cover letters based on specific job posts.
2. MeetingMind
A productivity tool that turns meeting notes into summaries, action items and clear next steps.
3. RepoPilot
A developer assistant that analyzes a GitHub repository and helps with onboarding, structure and task planning.
4. LeadForge
A sales automation project that researches leads and prepares personalized outreach drafts.
5. StudyForge
A student-focused platform that creates custom study plans and quizzes from course notes and materials.
6. ContractLens
An AI tool for summarizing contracts and highlighting potentially risky or important clauses.
7. ContentOps AI
A content workflow system that helps with research, outlines, titles and publishing plans.
8. InboxCommander
An email assistant that classifies messages, drafts replies and turns inbox chaos into manageable tasks.
9. InsightBoard
A dashboard project that combines structured data and documents to generate useful business summaries and insights.
10. TaskOrbit
A smart planning app that prioritizes tasks and syncs them with a broader personal workflow.
I have been planning a list like this for a long time.
What matters to me here is not just “completing projects” and moving on. The real point is to build things that are actually aligned with the world I want to be part of. I want to stay serious about my portfolio. I want to keep improving. I want to build things that teach me something real. And I want to become more ready, more disciplined and more motivated before I push even harder into public building.
Maybe not every project on this list will end up exactly the way I imagine right now. Some of them will probably change. Some of them might even evolve into bigger ideas. But that is also part of the process. The important thing is finally having a direction and being honest with myself about where I need to go next.
This is my roadmap for now.
Let’s see how many of these I can turn into something real.