We would like students to help in the creation of a new API for our company. This API will consist of at least 3 major sections: Jobs, Employees, Minutes. We need to be able to bill for a fairly specific amount of time for each of our employees so that initial work, QA, review, etc. can all be listed on an invoice and our employees get payed fairly. The creation of the invoices will be relegated to a separate system and will not be required as part of this project.

Students should be prepared to:

• Create an API design proposal.
• A simple mock-up with "fake" responses (no database) is not required, but is preferred.
• Implement the API so that it can be accessed from any programming language using JSON (de)serialization.
• Give direction on how to maintain the project going forward, including but not limited to which libraries and frameworks were used in the creation of the API and any potential breaking changes announced from those libraries in the near future.

A fully-functioning API, with our assistance in providing content, files, and copy. The website should be built on the Rust programming language, using any library deemed useful to the creation of the API. Some suggestions that we've worked with before are Rocket, Actix, and sqlx. The students should also note that this application should *never* crash for any reason; all error cases must be dealt with through logging. This should be simple if using the Rust programming language (since it has exhaustive, algebraic typing).

During the course of the project, students will connect directly with the CEO for all questions of direction and technical requirements. A scheduled time will be made at least once a week for updates from both sides; although, the students will get responses within 24 hours if they send a question by Email or any other form of communication.