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Learning Log

Notes from what I am learning as I build stronger software fundamentals across databases, backend logic, app architecture, AI workflows, and modern product tools.

Computer Systems & Security · Assignment underway

Semester 3: Computer Systems and Security

Semester 3 has started with Computer Systems and Security, and an LMC assignment is making assembly language, memory, branching, and processor behaviour more concrete.

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Rapid Web Development & Databases · Results pending

Semester wrap: Rapid Web Development & Databases

A learning log entry about completing Rapid Web Development and Databases, connecting Flask, Jinja, Bootstrap, CSS, MySQL, sessions, authentication, and database design, and choosing the next learning direction.

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SQL / Database fundamentals

What primary keys and foreign keys taught me about app data

Learning relational database design helped me understand how real apps connect users, projects, events, uploads, and permissions without everything becoming messy.

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Backend fundamentals / MVC

How Flask routes helped me understand controller logic

Working through Flask made the MVC pattern feel more practical: routes receive the request, coordinate the logic, and decide what view or response should come next.

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AI workflows / Product thinking

What I'm learning about AI outputs that are actually useful

Building with LLM APIs has shown me that useful AI features need structure, constraints, and clear output formats - not just a prompt box and a response.

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Python · OOP · Web fundamentals

Early Learning Notes: Python, OOP, and Web Foundations

A reflection on early learning notes from launching the first version of this site, working through Python OOP, and moving into web app and database foundations.

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