Reading the Chain, Querying Data, and Understanding Solana's Storage Model

<p>I just finished my second week of the #100DaysOfSolana challenge, and it’s been a massive shift in perspective. If the first week was about understanding the <em>what</em>

<p>If you come from a Web2 background, Solana’s account model can feel confusing at first.<br /><br /> You might ask:</p> <blockquote> <p>“Why does everything seem to be an

<p>In this second week of #100daysofsolana , i got got introduced with the concept of account . I learned it by contrasting with the database of web2 . <br /> However , i am aware

<p>generated my first solana keypair from scratch and stared at the terminal for a solid 10 seconds 😅<br /> no username. no email. no password. just a public key staring back at

<h2> The Problem: Your Mental Model Is Broken </h2> <p>You know how to build APIs. You understand request/response cycles. You know that a successful POST returns 200 OK, and a

<p>As a web developer, I’m used to building systems where currencies, rewards, and balances live inside databases controlled by the backend.</p> <p>This week was my first time

<p>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/100-days-of-solana">100 Days of Solana Writing Challenge</a>, running from 15 May to 22 May.</p> <h2> Where the

<p>Typical web and mobile development often starts with a few familiar questions:</p> <ul> <li>What's the data model going to look like?</li> <li>How am I going to handle user