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Server

A server is a program that sits waiting for requests and answers them, on your laptop or on a rented computer.

Not a machine in a rack somewhere. The same program runs on your laptop while you work on it and on a rented computer once you put it online.

You'll meet the word constantly, because starting your app means starting its server, waiting at a port, and most of the confusing errors early on are that server refusing to start.

People hear server and picture a building. Picture a waiter instead: it takes an order, fetches the thing, brings it back, and stands there ready for the next one.

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Something broke

I just did this: <what you clicked or typed, in a few words>
This is what I got: <paste the error here, or drag in a screenshot>

I don't know what it means. Work out what went wrong and fix it. Then tell me in one plain sentence what was wrong and what you changed, and stop.

Is this really for you?

1 of 7 Where do you sell online?
2 of 7 Would you like software built around exactly how your business works?
3 of 7 When something in your software needs changing, how do you want that to happen?
4 of 7 Have you ever written code?
5 of 7 If something breaks, what kind of help do you need?
6 of 7 Do you pay monthly for an app where you only really use one or two of its features?
7 of 7 Building your app means using an AI assistant like Claude or ChatGPT on a paid monthly plan. Are you OK with that?