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It started, as many projects do but i was watching this youtube video and just wanted to build every project listed, so this is my try to the first project, a job application tracker. With an idea and a spark of curiosity. I wanted to build something practical, something mine. Simple enough, right? But I also wanted a challenge. I'd been hearing the buzz about Rust – its performance, its safety, its growing ecosystem – and thought, "I have already built a CLI, could I build a whole web application with it? Frontend and backend?"

Spoiler alert: Yes! But oh boy, what an adventure it's been. This isn't just a story about building an app; it's about diving headfirst into the Rust web ecosystem, wrestling with toolchains, discovering new frameworks, and ultimately, finding a lot of joy in the process. If you're curious about Rust for web development, grab a coffee, settle in, and let me share my journey building "ApplyForge".