Built an AI-powered goal tracking system for a hackathon and now I kinda want to take it seriously — would love feedback/suggestions
Hey everyone,
I’m a first year CS student and me + my team recently built a project for a hackathon. Initially we were just trying to make something solid enough for the competition, but while building it we ended up going way deeper into the product side and now I genuinely wanna improve it further instead of abandoning it after the event 😭
The project is basically an AI-powered employee goal management + performance tracking system called AtomAlign.
The problem statement was around companies struggling with spreadsheets/manual tracking for employee goals, approvals, quarterly reviews, etc. So we built a platform where employees, managers and admins all have different workflows and dashboards.
Some things currently in the project:
- Employees can create goals, assign targets/weightage, track achievements, do self assessments, add initiatives/action items, etc.
- Managers can approve/reject goals, review progress, monitor team performance and leave feedback
- Admins can manage cycles, unlock goals, export reports, view analytics and audit logs
We also added some AI features like:
- AI Goal Coach → turns rough ideas into proper SMART goals
- AI-generated goal suggestions based on role/department
- AI Goal Health Score which kinda predicts risk/progress level
There are around 25-30 features rn and everything syncs in real time using Firebase.
Now the main thing I’m focusing on is the frontend/UI because I don’t want it to look like a generic hackathon dashboard 😭
I’m trying to make it feel more like:
- an actual enterprise product
- modern AI operating system vibe
- clean + futuristic
- but still practical and usable
Currently taking inspiration from stuff like:
- Linear
- Vercel
- Stripe dashboards
- AI monitoring systems
- industrial/precision UI styles
I’m also experimenting with:
- subtle motion design
- live analytics visuals
- AI monitoring type interfaces
- animated dashboards
without making it look overdesigned
Would genuinely love feedback from people who’ve worked on:
- SaaS products
- enterprise dashboards
- startup products
- AI tools
- productivity systems
- hackathons
Mainly wanted opinions on:
- what feels useful vs gimmicky
- what features are missing
- what would make this feel more “real product” level
- what would impress judges/recruiters/startups
- UI/UX suggestions
- analytics/dashboard ideas
- workflow improvements
- frontend inspiration references
Also if you think some parts are overengineered or unnecessary pls be brutally honest 😭
Would appreciate literally any feedback/suggestions.