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Why I'm Building a Trading Card API: A Developer's Frustration Turned Solution

Every trading card app developer faces the same soul-crushing problem: there's no reliable API for card data. You either build a database from scratch, scrape websites, or give up on your idea entirely. As a software engineer and lifelong collector, I got tired of this barrier killing great apps before they could start. Here's why I'm building the infrastructure our community deserves.

Congrats to Card Ladder

It is great to see a card startup get an exit they wanted and deserved. Here are my thoughts on why this is a big deal.

Introduction

I have been collecting cards for a long time. But I really like creating software even more. So that is what I do as CardTechie.