Build a Portfolio of 3 Projects to Get Your First Dev Job Faster

Scope creep: Making the new projects too complex, causing you to miss the 2-3 month deadline.

Strictly define an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) for each project. Do not add 'nice-to-have' features until the core app is fully deployed.

Deployment issues with full-stack applications (e.g., CORS errors, database connection strings).

Deploy a simple 'Hello World' version of your backend and frontend early in the development process to ensure the pipeline works before adding complex logic.

Struggling with complex PostgreSQL queries or relational schema design.

Use an ORM like Prisma or Sequelize to simplify database interactions, and draw out your database schema on Excalidraw before coding.