GitGud

💡 Inspiration

As CS majors, we realized two things:
1️⃣ We need to get better at DSA.
2️⃣ We also need to wake up before 2 PM to do that.

Tech interviews are brutal, and let’s be honest — practicing LeetCode is the gym of coding. So we thought: what if we turned our morning alarm into a coding dojo?

GitGud is our way of combining ✨productivity✨ with panic — solving DSA questions first thing in the morning so we can finally pass a tech screen (and maybe stop being “currently seeking opportunities” on LinkedIn 🙃).

🚨 What it does

GitGud is an alarm clock app that forces you to solve a DSA (Data Structures & Algorithms) question before the alarm stops ringing.

It’s brutal. It’s effective. It’s... oddly satisfying.

Here’s what it does:

• Wake you up with a customizable alarm
  
• Show a short coding question — usually fill-in-the-blank style
  
• Only dismiss the alarm when you get it right 😈
  
• Optionally link your GitHub to push daily commits to your contribution graph
  
• Track your streaks and celebrate consistency 🎉
  

No snoozing, no shortcuts — just morning grind.

🔧 How we built it

• 📱 React Native + Expo for building a cross-platform mobile app
  
• 🔥 Firebase for authentication, user data, and streak tracking
  
• 🧠 Local database of curated DSA questions for now, with future plans for spaced repetition
  
• 🔐 GitHub OAuth for connecting to your profile (because if you're coding, might as well flex those green squares)
  
• 🎨 UI/UX focused on being clean and motivational, not anxiety-inducing (LeetCode, we’re looking at you)
  

🧩 Challenges we ran into

• Running alarms and app logic in the background, especially on iOS, required some serious finesse
  
• iOS permissions made us feel like we were hacking the Pentagon
  
• Getting the balance right between “fun morning challenge” and “rage quit at 7 AM”
  
• Debugging alarms at 3 AM while ironically missing sleep 😴

🏆 Accomplishments that we're proud of

• Alarm + question flow works seamlessly now
  
• Actually fun to use — testers didn’t hate waking up to code
  
• GitHub integration works, so users can commit through their wakeup grind
  
• We didn’t sleep through our own demo 😎
  
• The name slaps. Admit it.
  

📚 What we learned

• How to navigate platform-specific quirks in React Native (looking at you, iOS)
  
• Firebase is awesome for fast prototyping + auth
  
• Balancing UX and behavior change is hard but super rewarding
  
• You can make DSA... kinda fun?
  
• Also learned that apparently, you're not allowed to call your alarm app "Get Woke" on the App Store 😂

🚀 What's next for GitGud

• Adaptive question difficulty based on user performance 🧠
  
• Spaced repetition and review mode for failed questions
  
• More question types (multiple choice, drag and drop, brain teasers)
  
• Daily coding streaks with badge rewards and shareable stats
  
• Community-made question packs (crowdsource the pain 🫠)
  
• Launching publicly so we can all finally get jobs and stop writing “Open to Work” posts 💼

Built With

• expo.io
• gemini
• github-api
• react-native