What is a server? The computer that answers

Lesson 4 of the journey of a tap: where the request lands, what that computer can see, and why "serverless" still means servers.

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A server is an always-on computer (or program) that answers requests

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It should check every request before doing any work

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It's where secrets belong, because users can't see inside it

What this means for your app

Many AI-built apps skip writing a server: the phone talks straight to a hosted database like Supabase. That works, but the Check step then has to happen in the database's own rules, which is what…

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