Expanded Project Guides

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Project Index

# Project Difficulty Time Key Focus
1 Build a Simple Arena Allocator Level 3: Advanced 1-2 weeks Memory Management / Systems Programming
2 Implement a Reference-Counted Smart Pointer (Rc) Level 3: Advanced 1 week Smart Pointers / Memory Management
3 Build a Graph Data Structure (Fighting the Borrow Checker) Level 4: Expert 2-3 weeks Data Structures / Ownership Patterns
4 Implement a Thread-Safe Queue (Arc + Mutex) Level 3: Advanced 1 week Concurrency / Synchronization
5 Build a String Interning System Level 4: Expert 1-2 weeks Lifetimes / String Optimization
6 Implement an Iterator with Lifetimes Level 3: Advanced 1 week Iterator Pattern / Lifetimes
7 Implement a Self-Referential Struct with Pin Level 5: Master 2-3 weeks Unsafe Rust / Pin API
8 Build a Lock-Free Data Structure (Atomics) Level 5: Master 3-4 weeks Concurrency / Lock-Free Programming
9 Build a Database Connection Pool Level 4: Expert 2 weeks API Design / Resource Management
10 Capstone — Design Your Own Safe Abstraction Level 5: Master 1-3 months Full Rust Mastery