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I've been a professional developer for over a decade.
Find something simple to solve a problem you actually have.
Who cares if its been done better a thousand times. Thats not the point.
The point is that the only way you get better is by doing it shittly first, and then learn from mistakes. After a while you make less.
Black jack inna terminal is a good one, a to do app, or time tracker, or automated stop watch. Whatever.
Even better if you find one that's been done before. Do it yourself, then compare with what someone else did. What you like and dislike about how they did it, and keep learning.