3-2 API_Endpoint_Creation Lecture

In the last lecture we took the blank canvas problem off the table with zero-to-draft generation. Now we're going to get specific about one of the highest-frequency tasks in backend engineering: building APIs. This is something that almost every engineer does constantly, it follows patterns that repeat themselves endlessly, and it is therefore one of the places where AI-assisted development gives you the biggest return. By the end of this lecture you will be generating complete, validated, documented API endpoints in a fraction of the time it used to take — and you'll be doing it in a way that's consistent and defensible, not just fast.