Web Dev · by Budi Santoso · 2026-09-02
A tiny story about arepas, Cairo and timing after 22 tries
Part of me wanted the fancy version with all the tools. The better version was boring: one notebook, one reminder, and a willingness to be clumsy with the practice run for a while.
> Tiny progress is still progress.
That line sounds cheesy, but it got me through the part where javascript stopped feeling new.
This is probably obvious to veterans here, but it clicked for me only recently. css got easier when I stopped treating every attempt like a final exam.
The detail that surprised me was how much a trailhead changed the outcome. Same plan, different setting, completely different energy.
> Tiny progress is still progress.
That line sounds cheesy, but it got me through the part where javascript stopped feeling new.
This is probably obvious to veterans here, but it clicked for me only recently. css got easier when I stopped treating every attempt like a final exam.
The detail that surprised me was how much a trailhead changed the outcome. Same plan, different setting, completely different energy.
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