decodewithrish.hashnode.dev🥘 Understanding the Ingredients of APIs: Requests, Responses & HeadersIntro This is the start of a series where I learn backend concepts step by step and write them down. I don’t want to just “use” APIs, I want to see what’s really going on when a client and server talk to each other.Before I touch databases or framewo...Sep 17, 2025·8 min read
decodewithrish.hashnode.dev🖥️ We’ve All Used localhost But Have You Ever Wondered How It Works?We’ve all typed localhost to test our web apps.It’s almost like muscle memory at this point. But only recently, I paused and thought: “How does localhost actually work? Why does it magically know to point to my computer?” Turns out, the answer is b...Aug 7, 2025·2 min read