In an era where IT certifications can accelerate a career, I felt the need to create 🔗 CertJourney.tech, a platform that serves as an organized, up-to-date database of tech certifications, integrating real reviews and an active community where people can discuss and grow together. 🔗 CertJourney.tech, a platform that acts as Ordered and updated database of certifications in the tech field integrating real reviews and an active community where to discuss and grow.

🎯 Project Goal

The goal was to simplify the journey for those who want to grow in the tech industry.by solving these common issues:

• Wasted time searching for certifications scattered across different websites.
• Difficulty understanding which certifications truly add value to your career and skills.
• Lack of a community to share experiences, career advice, study tips, and reliable resources.

CertJourney helps people who study and work in tech to discover, compare, and keep track of certifications in an organized wayhelping them make informed choices.

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🛠️ Technologies and stacks used

During development, I decided to integrate:

• Lovable.dev as a low-code/AI-assisted framework to speed up prototyping and UI.
• FirebaseAuthentication to login/signup via:
  • Email/Password
  • OAuth Google, GitHub, LinkedIn
• Firestore Database to manage collections of certifications, reviews and community posts in a secure, scalable way with granular permission rules.
• Node.js + CSV Scripts for mass imports of certifications, optimizing times and avoiding manual entries.
• Custom domain and transactional email management (reset password, confirm account) with the domain @certjourney.tech.

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👨‍💻 Experience and skills acquired

During the development of CertJourney.tech I have consolidated and expanded skills in:
✅ Multi-provider OAuth authentication and secure user management on Firebase.
✅ Structured database on Firestore, with granular read/write security rules (authors, admin, public reading, profile management).
✅ Integrating AI into development workflows, leveraging Lovable and targeted prompt engineering for the orderly generation of certification CSVs.
✅ Advanced DNS and Domain Management, including DKIM and SPF configurations for custom Firebase emails.
✅ UI/UX oriented, designing simple, intuitive and mobile-friendly interfaces to make it easier to find and explore certifications.
✅ Managing a complete ecosystem of user-generated content (reviews, posts, comments) with the possibility of moderation, versioning and future AI moderation integrations.

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🚀 Community Utilities

With over 680 certifications already uploaded (expanding to 2500+), users can:
✅ Search certifications by level and category (Cloud, Coding, Cybersecurity, Networking, IT).
✅ Read and leave reviews about certifications.
✅ Interact in the community to exchange advice, exam experiences and study tips.
✅ Save favorite certifications to your personal profile to plan your path.

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🌱 A project in constant evolution

CertJourney.tech will continue to evolve with:

• Automatic AI moderation for reviews and posts.
• Automatic integration of official links and study materials.
• Certification progress management and personalized reminders.

This project represents my vision of useful technology, created to solve a concrete need, and at the same time it was a path of personal and professional growth, combining backend development, scalable database management and care for the user experience.

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If you want to see the project live or want to learn more about my approach to developing useful and concrete platforms, you can visit: 🔗 CertJourney.tech