Day 5 of building ScrapeForge 🛠️

Today felt like a breakthrough.

While working on ScrapeForge, I figured out a reliable approach to reverse engineer backend APIs used by many applications. This allows data to be accessed directly at the API level before it is rendered on the frontend.

What surprised me most during this process was how many applications, including large platforms, expose backend APIs with minimal protection or monitoring.

This reinforced an important lesson.

Always safeguard your APIs and actively monitor request patterns. APIs are often the most valuable and vulnerable surface of any product.

Follow along for Day 6 🚀