Some good progress today learning how to build a PHP REST API app.. got the 2 api endpoints working - Indian programmers on YouTube are so underrated - youtu.be/2EJ03wM0erI?si=KhmCS… #indiejourney #decodingcoding

Danced with Xampp, Digital Ocean, Apache, and echo-ed my 1st hello world using PHP! Ain't much but honest progress 😌 #decodingcoding #indiejourney

Finally got custom domains to work #emailcatcher

Researched, read up on PHP API authentication - normal user auth for login/signup is simple enough but protecting api endpoints and access control is the key step to moving fwd for my approach #indiejourney #decodingcoding

Completed PHP REST API tutorial! 🥳 Built CRUD api endpoints, but no auth yet - youtu.be/zfHaBuzcz58?si=M21Cp… #indiejourney #decodingcoding

Learn how to build, deploy a quick & dirty JSON API using PHP, SQLite, Apache. Now live on the internet in under 1 hour, and didn't crash. No node_modules, no build step, no dependency hell. JS boi in me is amazed 😮 #indiejourney #decodingcoding

Bought $5 VPS from Digital Ocean for PHP and SQLite. Let's see what this bad boy can do.. #indiejourney #decodingcoding

🎉 Yay! 🌐 Domain is working! 😄👏 #daddytuner

omg finally, server installed, web app installed, api installed, db installed, ssl installed, nginx installed, redirect done, dns configured, everything seems to work I'M SO GREAT

Decided to f it and just deploy the rough version first. Will add domain later, and task logs to come - jasonleowdotcom.netlify.app/ #indiejourney #jasonleowdotcom

It might not sound like much, but my first ever pull request as a web dev freelancer just got merged and is now live.. tiny milestone, tiny win #indiejourney #decodingcoding

Got my frontend app deployed to Netlify, it was surprisingly easy. Changed my Cloudflare DNS settings for the domain to point to Netlify, and turned off the 'Proxy' setting in Cloudflare. Changed my frontend and backend code to use the new setup of having the api at a different domain instead of at `/api/` at the same domain. Tomorrow I'll need to test that local development is still working properly and then see if I can get it working on Netlify/DigitalOcean.

finally bought domain name and started coding first project #ship30

Internet research and asking best way to build REST API app using PHP - x.com/jasonleowsg/status/1800… #indiejourney #decodingcoding

Scrolling, understanding the new codebase for freelancing work. Asking lots of questions using GPT. Checking Vue dev tools. Cmd+clicking through to component files. Got familiar enough. Will dive deep into coding my first feature next week! #indiejourney #decodingcoding

Fix custom domain bugs #sitegpt

Pushed new repo on Github, added domain and repo to Cloudflare, site is live! - profilepicture.app/ #indiejourney #profilepictureapp

Set up custom domain for dev app ... just for fun #skipool

finally got bot vpn and ngrok playing nice 👍 #smallwins

#sheet2site fix custom domains, because I broke it