@mDevStix @ShopTalkShow When Netlify runs your build, it sees the Form elements & creates an API for you, complete with data storage and access to get that data programmatically or through the admin interface.
Auth is a little more complex. @biilmann describes it in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3zYAMkaMf8
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You can explore them here and follow me on Mastodon instead of Twitter where I'm not currently active.