Full-stack capstone projects full-time batch #31
by Ruben Villalon
Introduction
After completing nine intensive weeks of coursework and hands-on project work, students in the Full-Stack Program at Constructor Academy spend their final two weeks building a capstone project. This phase challenges them to combine everything they've learned, from frontend development and backend architecture to databases and deployment, into a single, functional application. One such project is CollecTic, a creative and technically solid app designed to turn physical event tickets into digital memories worth keeping.Team: Marina Togn, Nathiya Rishikesavalu, Joniald Shena, Sergej Navruzov
Overview:
It's a conceptual app designed to help users digitally collect, organize, and relive their physical event ticket experiences, especially those with emotional or historical value.
Current problem:
People who attend live events like concerts, sports games, festivals, and plays often face a set of overlooked issues that they consider important as collectors
- Memories fade, tickets get lost
- Physical tickets are thrown away, buried in drawers, or faded over time.
- People often forget the emotional or historical context of an event, who they went with, what happened, or why it mattered.
- No beautiful UI or a central way to live these experiences again, and see a collection of tickets
- There's no dedicated platform to visually showcase and emotionally relive one’s ticket collection.
- Current options (scrapbooks, phone albums, spreadsheets) are scattered and lack soul.
- Ticket collecting can be shared
- Collecting is often a solo hobby, without any network effect.
- There’s no way to follow other collectors, share stories, or celebrate rare finds together.
How CollectTic Solves It
- Preserve and Enrich Memories
- Upload or photograph physical tickets, and add stories and photos from the event.
- AI auto-fills fields like venue, performer, and date using image recognition.
- Follow & Be Followed, Build a Collector’s Network
- Users can follow other collectors, explore their tickets, read their memories, and be inspired.
- Each ticket card includes attached stories and event photos, making it a shareable emotional artifact.
- Showcase with Pride
- A clean, beautiful digital map transforms ticket stubs into a timeline of unforgettable life moments.
- “CollecTic turns forgotten paper into a digital legacy, powered by AI, enriched with history, and shared through the community.”
Tech stack
- Frontend: React, Redux
- Backend: Python, Django
- Styling: Tailwind CSS
- Database: PostgreSQL
- Containerization & Deployment: Docker, DigitalOcean
- CI/CD: GitLab CI/CD
- API: OpenAI
Outlook
The team is very motivated and excited to keep working on new features to have an MPV release in the coming months. Plans include:
- Multimedia: Add video to capture richer memories under your uploaded tickets
- Social Graph: Expand the community with intelligent suggestions and deeper engagement tools like leaderboards per number of tickets, type of events, or locations
- Ticket Intelligence: Introduce rarity scores and collectible tiers via AI
- Event Analytics: Provide meaningful stats and facts to enrich each ticket’s context
