RankUp

Prepare smarter. Remember longer. Rank higher. #RankUp

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Inspiration

A neighbor of mine has been preparing for the UPSC exam for years. Every day, I saw him carry multiple apps, countless PDFs, notebooks, and newspaper cutouts — all because no single platform gave him everything he needed in one place. Even when he found the right resources, nothing was personalized for his strengths and weaknesses. Watching him struggle inspired me to build RankUp — a platform where aspirants don’t waste time searching for materials, but spend time actually learning. RankUp was created to bring together news, PYQs, GK, quizzes, revision, and personal coaching into one unified and intelligent experience.

What it does

RankUp is a comprehensive, end-to-end exam-preparation ecosystem designed for aspirants of UPSC, PSC, SSC, Banking, and other GK-focused examinations. It brings together all essential components of effective preparation into one seamless platform—delivering daily current affairs categorized by UPSC subjects, intelligent News → PYQ mapping using concept-level similarity, a cleanly structured and easily navigable static GK library, and a fully personalized learning coach that adapts to each student’s strengths and weaknesses. RankUp also offers daily and weekly quizzes, spaced-repetition based revision tools to boost long-term retention, and dynamically generated PYQ PDFs for quick offline practice. By unifying news analysis, GK, previous-year questions, smart revision, and personalized study planning into a single, streamlined interface, RankUp eliminates the common problem of scattered resources and provides an efficient, focused, and deeply exam-oriented learning experience for every aspirant.

How we built it

We built RankUp by utilizing Base44’s autonomous code generation engine, which translated our specification into a fully structured full-stack application by generating the backend service layer, API routes, controllers, data models, and business logic alongside a complete React-based frontend. Base44 automatically provisioned the environment, configured routing, resolved dependencies, scaffolded the directory structure, and set up a production-ready build pipeline. It compiled the backend into serverless-style handlers, optimized static assets, handled environment isolation, and deployed the system with zero manual DevOps. Throughout development, Base44 provided incremental regeneration, real-time build validation, automatic error patching, and type-safe code updates, enabling us to rapidly integrate complex features such as content ingestion, dynamic quiz generation, embedding-based PYQ mapping, PDF rendering, and personalized learning workflows—all without manually managing servers, CI/CD pipelines, or deployment orchestration.

Challenges we ran into

One of the biggest challenges we faced was integrating our dynamic features with Base44’s autogenerated architecture, especially when making the app fetch real data consistently. Getting live endpoints to communicate correctly required restructuring how Base44 generated the fetch logic for PYQs, news insights, and user-specific metrics. The Personal Coach module was particularly complex because it needed to merge data from multiple sources—quiz history, topic accuracy, reading behavior, and spaced-repetition records—so ensuring Base44’s backend and frontend stayed in sync during regeneration took several iterations. Fetching PYQ data was another challenge: early builds produced empty responses or incomplete datasets, so we had to refine the API schema, enforce proper JSON formatting, and redesign the data-mapping pipeline. We also had to adjust Base44’s autogenerated components to trigger reactivity, load user-specific content in real time, and personalize the interface based on weakness scoring. Ensuring all these modules worked together while Base44 continuously regenerated code made coordination, debugging, and dependency consistency some of the most technically demanding parts of the project.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We’re proud that we were able to build a fully functional platform with a truly personalized study coach and real-time, dynamically fetched data—something most UPSC aspirants never get in one place. Creating a system that analyzes user performance, adapts study plans automatically, pulls fresh current affairs and PYQs, and presents everything in a structured, exam-oriented format is a major achievement for us. Bringing all of this together into a seamless, responsive app within the hackathon timeframe is something we’re genuinely proud of.

What we learned

Throughout this project, we learned how important it is to write precise, detailed prompts to dynamically generate complex website components, especially when working with an autonomous system like Base44. Small prompt changes often resulted in major architectural differences, so we had to refine our instructions multiple times through hit-and-trial to correct mistakes, fix broken flows, and ensure consistent regeneration. We also gained hands-on experience in telling the system exactly where and how to fetch data from APIs, how to structure endpoints for features like PYQs and the personalized coach, and how to maintain alignment between frontend fetch logic and backend schema. Overall, we learned to think clearly, debug systematically, and guide Base44 step-by-step to produce stable, functional, and responsive dynamic features.

What's next for RankUp

Next, we plan to expand RankUp beyond UPSC and bring support for SSC CGL, state PSCs, and other regional government exams, making the platform valuable for a much wider range of aspirants. We also want to introduce a personal tutor module that offers deeper guidance, concept explanations, and customized corrections based on each student’s performance. In addition, we aim to add video lessons from experienced educators, so learners can understand complex topics directly from teachers within the platform. Another major feature we are planning is a general doubt section where students can chat, discuss topics, and help each other—creating a collaborative community inside RankUp. With these upcoming features, RankUp will evolve into a complete, interactive, and supportive exam-preparation ecosystem.

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