I'm 14 and I'm Building a Desktop API Client with a Built-in AI Panel — Here's Where I'm At

I'm 14 and I'm Building a Desktop API Client with a Built-in AI Panel — Here's Where I'm At I've been coding for 8 months. Self-taught, no bootcamp, no CS degree. Just me, my laptop, and way too many late nights. I had a simple idea: what if your API client had an AI assistant built directly into it? Not a browser extension, not a separate tab — just right there while you're testing endpoints. You send a request, something breaks, you ask the AI panel without ever leaving the app. That's PingPaddle. And I'm currently 45% of the way through building it. The Stack Electron + React + Vite for the desktop app Node.js + Express for a CORS proxy backend Python + FastAPI for the AI backend Groq API for the AI model CodeMirror + Prism for syntax highlighting What's Built So Far The core client Color-coded HTTP method dropdown — GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH each have their own color so you can glance and know Full request builder with headers, body, params Status / time / size indicators on ev