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$ cat projects/campusarena.md
CampusArena — College Events & Hackathon Platform
Unstop-style platform: discover events, form skill-matched teams, get certified.
Backend & real-time systems · GDG team projectJune 2026Full Stack
// why: Campus events ran on Forms + WhatsApp — teams and certs were luck.
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TL;DR
- Discover + register: multi-round timelines, custom forms
- Match + chat: skill teams with approval + realtime chat
- Prove it: submissions, leaderboards, QR certificates
// what does it do?
Unstop-style campus platform with the GDG team: event discovery, skill-matched teams, real-time chat, submissions, leaderboards, QR certificates.
// why this project?
Campus events run on scattered Google Forms and WhatsApp groups. Discovery, team formation, and certificates were left to luck and screenshots.
// what broke / learned
My slice was backend + realtime: Channels + Redis chat was the fun part.
// results
- Organizers get CRUD for multi-round timelines, prizes, and registration forms
- participants get skill-matched team formation, real-time chat (Django Channels + Redis), submission leaderboards, and QR-verifiable certificates. Dockerized with production settings and a SQLite fallback for local dev.
Real-time chat & notificationsSkill-based team matchingQR-verifiable certificates
Tech stack
DjangoASGI/DaphneChannelsRedisPostgreSQLDocker