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I rebuilt josepaulotimbang.com from a WordPress install into a custom Next.js 16 static site with its own GitHub Actions deploy pipeline — including a real production mistake that taught me more about rsync than any tutorial could.

How I designed and built a full-stack AI recipe platform celebrating Filipino cuisine — from architecture decisions to AI fallback logic and production deployment.

The web is getting smarter. Here's why I decided to add AI engineering to my skillset, what that journey looks like from a self-taught developer's perspective, and the projects I'm building along the way.

I spent years building backends in PHP and CodeIgniter. Then I learned Python and Flask for AI projects. Here's what's different, what's the same, and what I'd tell myself if I were starting over.