I still remember that screen
Williams Emmanuel
I still remember that screen (how time flies)
I still remember the first time I ran a React project.
It was about 3 years ago.
I opened my terminal and typed:
npm create vite@latest
Then:
npm run dev
And suddenly… a browser window opened.
There it was.
My first Vite + React page. ⚛️
I remember staring at that screen thinking, “So this is React?”
I had no idea how much that little moment would change my journey.
Back then, components, props, state, hooks and all the other React concepts felt like another language.
I was simply trying to understand what I was looking at.
But I kept going.
I kept writing code.
I kept breaking things.
I kept fixing them.
I kept learning.
Three years later, that same person who was excited just to get a React page running is now building websites and applications for clients as a freelancer.
Sometimes we get so focused on where we're going that we forget to look back at how far we've come.
Today, I look back at that first npm run dev and smile.
It was just a command.
But for me, it was the beginning of a journey.
Three years. One terminal. Thousands of lines of code. And a completely different version of me. ❤️
And the journey continues.
If you're looking for a frontend developer to bring your next idea to life, I'm open to freelance projects. 🤝
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Posted Sep 28, 2026
I still remember that screen (how time flies) I still remember the first time I ran a React project. It was about 3 years ago. I opened my terminal and typed...
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