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• Build an AI API with Google Gemini — Wrapping Gemini in an endpoint takes ten lines. Doing it without leaving your API key open to the internet takes a few more — here are both.
• A MongoDB Atlas REST API with no backend to write — CRUD, bcrypt-hashed passwords and real aggregation pipelines over an Atlas cluster — from config. No ORM, no Mongoose, no server to deploy.
• How to build your own MCP server — A complete walkthrough — database, schema, config, token, client — that ends with Claude querying your own data. No SDK, no Node project, no server to host.