Building a Real Burger E-commerce Taught Me More Than Any Tutorial Ever Did
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When I started this project, I thought I knew exactly what I was doing. A small burger place needed a digital menu, a way to take orders, and eventually accept payments. Nothing too ambitious. I had built interfaces before, worked with APIs, handled state. It felt like something I could finish quickly. That assumption didn’t last long. What looked like a simple menu turned into a constant series of small decisions that actually mattered. Not the kind you solve with a library or a tutorial, b