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- CodeIntermediateNew
Build a CodeQL Query Pack to Catch Logging-of-PII
Use CodeQL to write queries for Java and Python that detect data flow from PII sources (request parameters, database columns marked PII, user-profile fields) into logging sinks …
- Static Analysis
- Codeql
- Data Flow Analysis
Program Analysis - CodeIntermediateNew
Bloom Filter Cache to Cut Origin Load at a CDN Edge
Given a target false-positive rate of 1 percent at 200 million keys per shard, compute the optimal bit-array size (m) and hash-function count (k) using the canonical formulas. I…
- Bloom Filters
- Probabilistic Data Structures
- Hash Functions
Randomized Algorithms - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Randomized Load Balancer with the Power of Two Choices
Simulate four placement policies on a 24-hour anonymized connection-establishment trace (around 4.1 billion events): (1) random-1, (2) round-robin, (3) P2C with instantaneous lo…
- Power Of Two Choices
- Load Balancing
- Randomized Algorithms
Randomized Algorithms - CodeIntermediateNew
Reservoir Sampling for a Privacy-Preserving Telemetry Pipeline
Implement Vitter's Algorithm R (and the faster Algorithm L for bonus credit) producing a 90M-event uniform sample per day from a stream of 18B. Add per-key stratification (so lo…
- Reservoir Sampling
- Randomized Algorithms
- Streaming Systems
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- CodeIntermediateNew
Apply the Mikado Method to Untangle a Tax-Engine Class
Starting from the live codebase (Java 17, 73 percent line coverage), write a failing test that asserts the desired end state ('TaxCalculator is decomposed into per-country strat…
- Mikado Method
- Refactoring
- Strategy Pattern
Refactoring and Code Smell Detection - CodeIntermediateNew
Strangler-Fig Migration of a Monolithic Order Service
Stand up an HTTP facade in front of the monolith (Nginx or a small Go proxy) that routes by URL pattern. Slice 1: extract the order-status read endpoint, dual-write nothing, rou…
- Strangler Fig Pattern
- Refactoring
- Legacy Modernization
Refactoring and Code Smell Detection - CodeIntermediateNew
FFT-Based Acoustic Beamforming on Streaming Microphone Arrays
Implement overlap-add streaming FFT (FFTW or KissFFT) processing 64 channels × 1024-sample frames with 50 percent overlap. Apply delay-and-sum beamforming across a 2D direction-…
- Fft
- Signal Processing
- Beamforming
Scientific Computing and Numerical Methods - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Empirical Study of PR Review Throughput on a Mid-Sized Monorepo
Pull 8 weeks of PR data from the monorepo (~3,800 PRs across 12 teams) covering open-to-merge time, review-comment count, review-round count, reviewer count, lines changed, and …
- Empirical Software Engineering
- Software Analytics
- Statistical Analysis
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- CodeIntermediateNew
Software Analytics Dashboard for an Engineering Org
Author a metric catalog defining each of ~15 metrics with formula, data source, refresh cadence, and known caveats (e.g. lead-time-for-changes excludes WIP-flagged PRs to avoid …
- Software Analytics
- Dora Metrics
- Space Framework
Advanced Software Engineering - ResearchIntermediateNew
Industrial Case Study: Why a Microservices Migration Failed
Conduct 8 1-hour interviews across CTO, 3 tech leads, 2 platform engineers, 1 SRE, and the product VP. Analyze 24 months of artifacts (ADRs, RFCs, incident reports, deployment d…
- Industrial Case Study
- Qualitative Research
- Software Architecture
Advanced Software Engineering - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Reverse-Engineer a 22-Year-Old COBOL Batch Pipeline
Use SonarQube + cobol-language tooling + JCL parsers to extract job dependencies and data-flow across the 140 jobs. Build a job-dependency graph (Graphviz). Run impact analysis:…
- Reverse Engineering
- Legacy Systems
- Dependency Analysis
Software Evolution and Maintenance - CodeIntermediateNew
Refactor a Big-Ball-of-Mud Java Servlet Application
Week 1: install JUnit 5 + Testcontainers harness, write characterization tests for the 2 target workflows (PolicyIssue + ClaimSubmit) reaching at least 80 percent branch coverag…
- Refactoring
- Characterization Testing
- Legacy Systems
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- CodeIntermediateNew
Strangler-Fig Modernization of a Healthcare Reporting Service
Audit the report categories (around 14) and pick operating-theater utilization for the pilot extraction (high volume, moderate complexity, low regulatory blast-radius). Design t…
- Strangler Fig
- Legacy Systems
- Feature Flags
Software Evolution and Maintenance - DesignIntermediateNew
Build a Quality Metrics Program for a Medical-Device Software Team
Read the team's QMS (Quality Management System) documents and the IEC 62304 software lifecycle requirements. Design a metric catalog of 12-15 metrics covering process (review-co…
- Quality Metrics
- Iec 62304
- Process Improvement
Software Quality and Process Improvement - CodeIntermediateNew
Secure the Software Supply Chain of an Open-Source SDK
Audit the current state: dependency tree, publish process, GitHub Actions workflows, signing posture. Generate an SBOM (CycloneDX format) using Syft. Run OpenSSF Scorecard and t…
- Supply Chain Security
- Slsa
- Sbom
Software Security - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Secure-by-Design Review of a Microservices Auth Subsystem
Read the 18-page proposed auth-service design (Next.js BFF, FastAPI auth-service, Postgres for sessions + refresh, Redis for short-lived tokens, integration with Auth0 for OIDC)…
- Secure Design
- OWASP Asvs
- Oauth2
Software Security - CodeIntermediateNew
Property-Based Testing for a SEPA Payments Library
Read the SEPA Pain.001 XSD (XML Schema Definition) and pick 5 invariants the parser MUST preserve (e.g., 'sum of transactions equals control sum', 'IBAN passes mod-97 check', 'c…
- Property Based Testing
- Fuzz Testing
- Systems Language Proficiency (Go, Rust, C++)
Software Testing and Quality Assurance - CodeIntermediateNew
Real-Time Collaboration Whiteboard with WebSockets
Design the board state model (sticky notes + cursor positions) and pick a conflict-resolution approach (last-write-wins for v1, or operational-transform if scoping allows). Buil…
- Websockets
- React
- Nodejs
Web Application Development - CodeIntermediateNew
Implement Model Predictive Control for a Delivery Robot
You receive a kinematic bicycle model of the robot, a published track layout, and 30 minutes of recorded waypoint trajectories. Implement a nonlinear MPC controller using acados…
- Model Predictive Control
- Optimal Control
- Robotics Simulation
Advanced Robotics - StrategyIntermediateNew
Design a Compliance Strategy for an AI Robo-Advisor in the EU
Anchor the work on the published EU AI Regulation risk classification (limited vs. high-risk systems) and the European Securities and Markets Authority guidelines on robo-advice…
- Ai Governance Frameworks
- Regulatory Analysis
- Product Strategy
AI and Quantitative Finance - DesignIntermediateNew
Design a Lab-Automation Pipeline for a Bangalore Materials Startup
Design (not build) the full closed-loop lab pipeline: data layer (LIMS plus experiment store), model layer (a surrogate plus an acquisition function such as Expected Improvement…
- Systems Architecture
- Active Learning
- Mlops Design
AI for Science and Engineering - DesignIntermediateNew
Train a Self-Play Agent for a Card-Game Edtech Demo
Implement a small two-player imperfect-information card game (Kuhn poker or a 3-card simplified Hold'em variant). Implement CFR or CFR+ for the game and run self-play for at lea…
- Counterfactual Regret Minimization
- Self Play
- Game Theory
Artificial Intelligence: Principles and Techniques - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Draft GDPR + AI Act Data Provisions for a Training-Data Vendor
Anchor the work on (1) GDPR Articles 28 (processor obligations) and 32 (security), (2) the EU AI Regulation's data-governance article for high-risk systems, and (3) the EDPB's p…
- Data Protection Law
- Contract Redlining
- Regulatory Analysis
AI Law, Policy, and Regulation - CodeIntermediateNew
Ship an MVP RAG Knowledge Assistant for a Climate-Tech Startup
As a 4-person team across a 6-week sprint, ship: (1) an ingestion pipeline for around 4,000 mixed PDFs and markdown files; (2) a vector store with documented chunking strategy; …
- RAG Architectures
- Software Engineering For Ai
- Vector Databases
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