[xp84]

> API calls from one server-side API endpoint to another public API endpoint on localhost:3000 (instead of just importing a function and calling it directly). > These don’t seem to me like classic beginner mistakes — these are fundamental misunderstandings of the tools

This all sounds on par with the junior level developers I feel ai has pretty quickly replaced.

I still feel sad though :( how are people meant to get good experience in this field now?

[inopinatus]

Experience is one thing. Feedback is another. You can't mentor a language model.