Python learner rebuilding from scratch. One project a day. PHP background. Documenting everything publicly.
🧑🏫 CS Instructor & M.Phil Gold Medalist · Senior Subject Expert, Punjab School Education Department 🏫 Founder, Umar Science Academy Chunian 📍 Lahore, Pakistan 💼 7+ years prior freelance experience — PHP, WordPress, AngularJS 🔗 LinkedIn
A production-grade capstone project — course creation, enrollment, and AI-assisted learning — deployed to usachunian.com.
Stack: FastAPI · PostgreSQL (Supabase) · SQLAlchemy 2.0 · JWT Auth · React · Tailwind CSS · Groq AI (llama-3.3-70b-versatile)
Progress: Day 31 / 33 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
| Phase | Status |
|---|---|
| Core Backend (Auth, Courses, Lessons, Enrollment) | ✅ Done |
| AI Lesson Summarizer (Groq) | ✅ Done |
| Testing (28 automated tests, pytest) | ✅ Done |
| React Frontend — Register, Login | ✅ Done |
| React Frontend — Teacher Dashboard | ✅ Done |
| React Frontend — Student Dashboard | ✅ Done |
| UI Polish | ✅ Done |
| PostgreSQL Migration + Env Config | ✅ Done (Day 31) |
| Backend + Frontend Deploy | ⏳ Days 32–33 |
Latest milestone (Day 31): Migrated the persistence layer from SQLite to Supabase PostgreSQL and centralized every secret — DB URL, JWT key, Groq key — into a single typed settings module. Along the way, uncovered and fixed a test-isolation bug: fixtures using fixed emails worked fine against a SQLite file that reset every run, but broke against a real persistent database. Full 28-test suite now passes against live Postgres.
📦 Repo: capstone-edu-platform
#60DaysOfPython — starting from Python fundamentals, through FastAPI backend development, to a full-stack AI-integrated capstone.
- Days 1–10: Python basics & OOP
- Days 11–19: FastAPI core — CRUD, SQLAlchemy, JWT auth, role-based routes, testing, first deployment
- Days 20–30: Capstone build — full backend, AI integration, testing suite, React frontend (Login, Teacher + Student dashboards, UI polish)
- Day 31: PostgreSQL migration (Supabase) + centralized environment config
- Days 32–33: Railway deploy → live at usachunian.com
- capstone-edu-platform — the current build, above
- developer_journey_2026 — the 90-day return-to-dev roadmap
- student-grade-analyzer → v2 → v3 → v4 — the early Python OOP progression, Day 1 through modular CRUD architecture
Python FastAPI SQLAlchemy PostgreSQL React Tailwind CSS JWT Groq AI Git
Prior stack: PHP WordPress AngularJS
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