Getting a 403 response code - what's the best way to troubleshoot it? or Why am I seeing a 403 respon

Ugh, 403s are the worst. Had this happen when my .htaccess had some weird RewriteRule conflicts.

Quick things to try:
- Temporarily rename .htaccess to see if it’s the culprit.
- Check if your hosting has a "hotlink protection" feature (some hosts enable it by default).

For debugging, I love Postman—you can tweak headers and see what’s blocking you.