System-Level Projects

Hardware, operating systems, networking, and the stuff beneath the browser.

Project	Starting Point	You'll Eventually Learn
VPN Service	Forward packets between two machines	Tunneling, encryption, routing, DNS
Disk Image Writer	Write raw bytes to a file	Block devices, USB detection, verification
Gesture Computer Control	Detect a hand in a webcam frame	Landmarks, gesture mapping, mouse control
Gesture Home Automation	Toggle an LED with a gesture	IoT protocols, MQTT, device registry
Remote Desktop	Capture and stream a screenshot	Input forwarding, video encoding, NAT traversal
Custom Linux DE	Open a window on X11/Wayland	Window management, taskbar, launcher, compositor
Operating System	Boot and print "Hello"	Memory, processes, filesystem, shell
P2P File Sharing	Send a file between two sockets	Chunking, DHT, peer discovery, verification
Plant Disease Detection	Classify images into two categories	CNN, data augmentation, mobile deployment
TinkerCad Clone	Render a cube in WebGL	Primitives, booleans, STL export
Farm Automation	Read a sensor value	Automated control, dashboards, alerts
Auto Drive Assist	Read accelerometer data	Inclination detection, alerts, control systems
Browser OS Simulator	A div that looks like a desktop	Window manager, filesystem, terminal, apps
System Design Simulator	Draw boxes and arrows	Traffic simulation, failure injection, metrics