Still working on my project. It’s been really tough so far, I’m still on the backend, which is very hard.

I feel lucky to have AI helping me; it would be really difficult without it. Honestly, it’s hard even with AI, so I lean on it a lot. I don’t think using AI is a negative: as long as you understand the code it writes and can modify, fix, and improve it, you’re fine.

On the backend I’m currently working on the engine underneath, mainly the database relations.

For example, the record table stores its fields generically (as JSON), so users can define whatever fields they want. The catch is that validating the data is on me, since the fields are dynamic, the database can’t enforce their shape, so it all has to be checked in code, mostly in the frontend.

I’ve also started on the frontend: first by dockerizing it, then by adding the login form that exercises my backend.