Along This Trail
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Understanding APIs: From Concept to a Working Mini Project
When I first started learning about APIs, the term felt abstract. Everyone seemed to use the word API, but depending on the context, they could be referring to a specification, a piece of code, a running service, or an entire business strategy. To better understand the concept, I combined several learning approaches: reading, mind mapping,…
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AI and I Built This Website in 5 Days (Part II): Debugging My Way Through the Full Stack
In a previous post, I wrote about how AI helped me launch Great Lakes Data Forest in just a few days. Looking back, getting the website online was only the beginning. What happened afterward turned out to be equally educational. Once the basic structure was in place, I began refining the site’s appearance and user…