Concept – Mini Portfolio & Search App

A basic, tiny full-stack demo that lets creatives post public profiles (photo, bio, tags, links) and lets users search or filter them by name or creative field.

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Tech at a glance

Layer	What was used
Backend	Django 5 + Django REST Framework
Database	PostgreSQL by default (SQLite for quick local runs)
Frontend	React 18, Vite, TypeScript
Styling	Utility CSS (Tailwind via CDN)

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Getting it running locally

1. Spin up the API

cd backend
python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate    # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py runserver 8000
# optional
python manage.py createsuperuser

2. Load the Frontend

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev           # opens on http://localhost:5173

You should now be able to add a creator and instantly see the new card show up.

USE OF AI

1. ChatGPT - To establish the API endpoints, to generate code in backend files, to debug the bad API calls.
2. Cursor - To debug the compile time errors, to setup a basic project directory.