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- AI4 min read
Server-side AI without leaking keys
A portfolio assistant needs an LLM, but putting the API key in the browser would expose it to every visitor.
- Next.js
- Groq
- streaming
- security
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- AI5 min read
Keyword knowledge before vector RAG
Dumping the whole site into one prompt wastes tokens and still hallucinates.
- RAG
- retrieval
- knowledge base
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- API4 min read
Calendar provider abstraction for bookings
Booking UIs often pretend to sync with Google before credentials exist, which breaks trust.
- booking
- providers
- abstraction
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- API4 min read
Safe demo APIs with validation and rate limits
Portfolios claim API skill without showing a request/response path — or they proxy expensive APIs with no limits.
- validation
- rate-limit
- demo API
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- Payments3 min read
Payment success is not trusted until the server confirms
Client-side “payment successful” callbacks can be forged.
- Paystack
- webhooks
- idempotency
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