request

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What is a request? The message behind every tap

Lesson 3 of the journey of a tap: what's actually inside the little message your phone sends, and the answer that comes back.

Sam Ortega · 39m ago · 4 min

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What is a URL? The address every tap starts with

Lesson 1 of the journey of a tap: the address your phone reads before anything else happens, and the four parts it's made of.

Sam Ortega · 39m ago · 4 min

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What is a backend? Explained for vibe coders, with a drawing

Frontend, server, database, API, secrets: the parts of your app you can't see, drawn as the journey of one tap, and why every security rule has to live on the far side of it.

Sam Ortega · 42m ago · 6 min