Exactly one year ago, my terminal was a blank slate. I started where almost everyone does , wrestling with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, trying to understand the web pixel by pixel.
What began as curiosity quickly turned into a full obsession. I went from building simple static pages to diving deep into full-stack development. Here’s what that intense first year of constant building, breaking things, and shipping real projects has looked like.
The Leap into Modern Frameworks
Once vanilla JavaScript started feeling limiting, I jumped into React. Component-based thinking completely changed how I approached interfaces. Then came Next.js — it bridged client-side beauty with server-side power and pushed me into a true full-stack mindset.
The Ultimate Test: Lynvista Safaris
