chrisbanes/skills

The gap in what exists

While many learning resources exist, a highly curated, interactive, and self-assessment-focused platform specifically for modern Kotlin/Compose skills with AI-driven quizzing could find a niche.

Wedge to win

Target new Android developers or those transitioning to Jetpack Compose by offering an AI-powered interactive assessment and personalized learning path, differentiating from static documentation and generic courses.

Reputation value (worth doing free for proof) — 50/100

A well-structured, interactive skill map with AI assessments for a popular framework like Jetpack Compose would build strong developer credibility and visibility within the mobile dev community.

Likely monetization

unclear

Incumbents to beat

Official Android Developers documentationUdemyCourseraCodecademy

You are an expert full-stack developer. Build an interactive web application that serves as a 'Skills for Android, Kotlin, and Jetpack Compose' learning platform. The core functionality should allow users to browse skill topics, access curated resources, and track their learning progress. Use Next.js 16 App Router, React 19, Tailwind v4, AI SDK v6 with Gemini, and Neon Postgres on Vercel.

Here's the detailed plan:
1.  **Project Setup**: Initialize a Next.js project with the specified stack. Configure Tailwind CSS and set up the Vercel + Neon Postgres environment.
2.  **Schema Definition**: Define a database schema for `Skills` (title, description, associated topics, resource URLs), `Topics` (name, description), `Users` (for tracking progress), and `UserSkillProgress` (linking users to skills with completion status).
3.  **Content Ingestion**: Create an initial data import mechanism (e.g., a script or simple UI) to ingest structured skill data from a JSON or Markdown source derived from the `chrisbanes/skills` GitHub repository, populating the `Skills` and `Topics` tables in Neon Postgres.
4.  **UI for Skill Browsing**: Develop a clean, responsive UI that displays a list of skills and topics. Implement filtering by topic and a search bar. Each skill item should show its title, a brief description, and links to external resources.
5.  **User Progress Tracking**: Implement user authentication (e.g., using Clerk or NextAuth.js). Allow authenticated users to mark skills as 'learned' or 'in progress'. Display a personal dashboard showing their overall progress.
6.  **AI-powered Self-Assessment (MVP)**: Integrate the AI SDK v6 with Gemini. For a selected skill topic, allow users to click a 'Quiz Me' button. The AI should generate 3-5 multiple-choice questions about that topic, store them temporarily, and allow the user to answer. Provide immediate feedback on correctness. Do not store quiz results in the database for the MVP.
7.  **MVP Slice**: Focus on getting skill browsing, user authentication, marking skills as complete, and the AI-powered quiz for *one* skill topic fully functional. Ensure robust error handling and a good user experience for these core features.
8.  **Build/Verify Gate**: The application must successfully deploy to Vercel, allow user registration/login, display imported skill data, and provide the AI quiz functionality for at least one pre-defined skill topic.