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I Built a React UI Component Kit to Save Time — Here’s What I Learned (and You Can Use It Too)

Hey fellow developers,

I’ve been building a small React UI Component Kit to make my own projects faster — and it worked so well that I decided to share it!


Why I Built It (I was wasting so much time)

Every new project I started had the same frustrating initial steps:

  1. Create a new repo.
  2. Add a sidebar, navbar, modal, etc.
  3. Style everything again.
  4. Waste hours before actually developing my app.

To finally escape this loop, I bundled my favorite reusable pieces into one mini kit. The goal was simple: copy-paste and ship faster.


What’s Inside the Kit

This is a set of production-ready components designed to cover the essentials:

  • Navbar
  • Sidebar with icons
  • Modal
  • Clean folder structure
  • All components have both JSX and TSX versions

You can literally copy-paste a component and it just works.


Live Preview & Demo

Curious to see it in action?


Want to Try It?

I put the full kit up on Payhip here: Get the Full React UI Kit on Payhip.
It’s priced low to help indie devs skip boilerplate and ship faster.


Lessons Learned While Building and Sharing

  • Packaging your own tools helps you code faster than anything else. I now reuse at least half of what I build across projects.
  • Tiny UI details = big perception difference. Rounded corners, subtle shadows, glass details, and consistent spacing matter more than we think.

What’s Next

I’m working on a free guide for beginners on web design basics — clean layout, fonts, colors, and accessibility.

If you liked this or have any feedback, please drop a comment or a like — I’m learning as I go, and every bit of feedback helps!

(And if you’ve built your own component kits or small React tools, please share — I’d love to see them!)

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