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December 10, 2025·6 min read

The Stupid Questions That Got Me Here (And Why You Should Ask Them Too)

I had no experience, no degree, and definitely no idea what I was doing. Here's why that was the best way to start.

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What Building a Website with AI Actually Taught Me (Hint: It’s Not as Simple as 5 Clicks)

July 2, 2025·3 min read

Forget the '5-minute website' promises. Here’s what I really learned building my custom site from scratch as a total beginner—with a LOT of help from AI.

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How Launching My First Website Nearly Broke Me (But Didn’t)

July 2, 2025·3 min read

How a complete beginner used AI to go from zero to a live website. Mistakes, breakthroughs, and the lessons I learned that can help you do it too.

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Level Up Complete? My Adventures Building Two Simple Games

April 8, 2025·3 min read

How I built a clicker and snake game from scratch with the help of AI—and learned way more than I expected about problem solving, bugs, and beginner dev life.

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Advanced React Performance Optimization Techniques

January 7, 2025·2 min read

Deep dive into React performance optimization with practical examples, from memoization to virtual rendering and code splitting strategies.

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