I spent months bouncing between React and Node tutorials.
MongoDB felt like a black box.
I didn’t get how it all connected.
Then I picked a small project and built it with the full MERN stack.
→ React frontend
→ Express + Node backend
→ MongoDB database
This time, I added AI to the mix.
→ Copilot handled the boilerplate
→ ChatGPT explained my errors
→ MongoDB Compass let me watch data in real-time
For the first time, I understood how the stack flows—end to end.
It felt less like magic and more like Lego blocks.
And once I got it working, I wasn’t stuck anymore.
I was excited to keep building.
This combo—MERN + AI—is the most fun I’ve had learning to code.
Excited for what’s next.
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