README.md
TuneTribe is a dynamic music artist database web application developed as an experimental school project focused on exploring the practical capabilities and limitations of AI-assisted software development. The project was created during a one-day assignment where the primary goal was to build an application using AI tooling as extensively as possible.
The platform allows users to search for music artists stored within a custom database system. When an artist is found, the application retrieves additional artist imagery dynamically through Spotify API integrations, creating a more visually interactive browsing experience. The project combines custom database management with external API integrations to enrich artist information and presentation.
The application was developed collaboratively with a classmate using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and MySQL. ChatGPT was heavily used during the development process to assist with generating application logic, structure, and implementation ideas. As part of the project, I was responsible for setting up the application locally, configuring the hosting environment, publishing the project to GitHub, managing deployment, and populating a large portion of the artist database entries.
One of the practical challenges encountered during development was the manual process required for database population. Each artist needed to be individually searched within Spotify to retrieve the correct Spotify ID before being manually inserted into the MySQL database structure. This later became an important learning experience regarding automation, external API workflows, and scalable data management.
The project was primarily experimental and served as a practical exploration into AI-assisted development workflows rather than a long-term production platform. It provided valuable insight into both the strengths and limitations of AI-generated code, collaborative prompting, and rapid application prototyping within a short development timeframe.
Built with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, Spotify API integrations, and AI-assisted development workflows.
