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Build a basic Rust MCP server, expose a callable tool, and connect an agent to an external language model API.

Create a database-backed web application with Tide, Askama, and SQLx, covering HTML templates, JSON endpoints, and PostgreSQL queries.

Reduce page weight with simpler frontend choices, optimized images, and fewer dependencies to build faster, leaner websites.

Explore how machine learning could help make sense of traffic patterns and transportation challenges in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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