My Development Journey

I started coding around 2020. Like most people, I began with HTML and CSS — building ugly static pages and thinking they were cool. JavaScript came next, and it broke my brain in the best way possible.

React was the turning point. The component model changed how I think about building UIs. Suddenly everything was composable, reusable, and easier to reason about.

From there it snowballed — TypeScript for safety, Node.js for the backend, MongoDB and PostgreSQL for data. I interned at Digipay in 2022 where I got my first taste of a real codebase and an Agile team. Then freelanced on client projects, worked part-time at Rocketshyft, and graduated with my BSIT in 2025.

The biggest lesson: just build things. Read docs, watch tutorials, but at some point you have to sit down and write broken code until it works. That's where the real learning happens.