The author shares their experience of building their first full stack project, Academialink, which is a student information management system.
Academialink features include viewing a list of students, displaying student details, adding new students, editing student records, and deleting entries.
The tech stack used for Academialink includes Angular for the frontend, Java + Spring Boot for the backend, MySQL for the database, and Hibernate via JPA as the ORM tool.
The author provides tips for first-time project builders, such as starting with a simple project, mastering API integration, focusing on UI design, paying attention to database schema design, and embracing debugging as a learning opportunity.