The latest articles on DEV Community by Elijah Bopape (@mediocrebeems). https://dev.to/mediocrebeems https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3320793%2Fdd100fff-51ee-4e75-9154-a9da38411b2e.jpg https://dev.to/mediocrebeems en Elijah Bopape Thu, 03 Jul 2025 23:51:11 +0000 https://dev.to/mediocrebeems/escaping-mediocrity-one-html-tag-at-a-time-1m9k https://dev.to/mediocrebeems/escaping-mediocrity-one-html-tag-at-a-time-1m9k <p>Who am I?<br> I’m Elijah (Beems), South African. And I live to get better at software development at the moment.<br> Starting from scratch, and I'm here to document every bug, breakthrough, and burnout.</p> <p>What am I learning?<br> This week: HTML + CSS basics<br> What I liked: Writing code that actually shows up on the screen<br> What I hate: Writing CSS that refuses to show up on the screen (you forget to link the page at times haha)</p> <p>Why blog?<br> Because I want receipts. I want to look back and see the work. And maybe someone who’s 2 steps behind me finds something useful here. And maybe someone 10 steps ahead of me would guide and and show me the right path</p> <p>What's next?<br> Finish my first layout</p> <p>Build a one-page portfolio</p> <p>Keep learning</p> codenewbie html css motivation