Day 5 was a big learning milestone.
While working on ScrapeForge, I explored backend APIs and learned how data can be accessed before it is rendered on the frontend. This made scraping significantly more straightforward at a technical level.
What surprised me was how many applications expose backend APIs without strong safeguards or request monitoring.
Key takeaway from today:
APIs must be treated as first class security surfaces and monitored continuously.
Day 6 will build on this.