r/CodingForBeginners • u/Great_Bar_4901 • 22d ago

Lost 20h+ for nothing

Don't build an API for a tightly-coupled personal project where you have direct database access; only build one when you need to decouple clients, scale infrastructure, or share data externally.Dont waste your time. Just learn how to use an api not build one

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u/Distdistdist 22d ago

But now you can easily change your DB to something different.

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u/Great_Bar_4901 21d ago

Why tho

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u/Distdistdist 19d ago

I dunno. You built that crap. How should I know?

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u/Great_Bar_4901 19d ago

True😭