The latest articles on DEV Community by Muhsinah Alabi (@theobssessedtechiegirl). https://dev.to/theobssessedtechiegirl https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3996082%2F68bcb311-96ad-4be6-80e8-58a678a161ef.png https://dev.to/theobssessedtechiegirl en Muhsinah Alabi Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:07:19 +0000 https://dev.to/theobssessedtechiegirl/from-i-dont-understand-this-to-wait-i-built-this-kag https://dev.to/theobssessedtechiegirl/from-i-dont-understand-this-to-wait-i-built-this-kag <p>Hello DEV Community 👋🏽 — I’m Muhsinah!</p> <p>Okayyy… this is officially my first post on DEV Community. 😭</p> <p>I’ve been seeing developers share their projects, learning experiences, challenges, and little wins here, and I finally decided to stop watching from the sidelines and introduce myself.</p> <p>Hi, I’m Muhsinah, an aspiring software developer currently learning and building my way into tech.</p> <p>My journey started with HTML and CSS, and since then I’ve been exploring JavaScript and learning more about how websites actually work beyond just making them look good.</p> <p>I’ve built a few projects along the way, including my first portfolio and a developer productivity dashboard called DevTrack.</p> <p>And now… I’m back to upgrading my portfolio. 👀<br><br> Why am I upgrading it?</p> <p>When I first built my portfolio, I was still very new to development. My main goal was simply to get something working and have somewhere to showcase what I was learning.</p> <p>But after learning more and building more projects, I started looking at it differently.</p> <p>I could see things I wanted to improve.</p> <p>The structure could be better.</p> <p>The responsiveness could be better.</p> <p>The project presentation could be better.</p> <p>And I wanted to add more JavaScript and make it more interactive.</p> <p>So instead of just leaving the old version there, I decided to rebuild and improve it based on what I know now.</p> <p>I think one of the interesting things about learning to code is that you eventually reach a point where you can look at something you built months ago and immediately notice things you would change.</p> <p>That has definitely been happening to me. 😂</p> <p>What I'm learning right now</p> <p>At the moment, I’m focusing on strengthening my JavaScript and improving my overall development skills while continuing to build projects.</p> <p>I’m especially interested in learning how to create things that are not only visually appealing but also functional, responsive, and useful.</p> <p>I’m still figuring things out, making mistakes, debugging, breaking things, fixing them… and learning a lot in the process. 😭</p> <p>I’m hoping to use DEV Community as a place to document more of that journey, share the things I build, learn from other developers, and connect with people who are also somewhere along their own tech journey.</p> <p>So…</p> <p>Hello DEV Community! 👋🏽</p> <p>I’m happy to finally be here. 💻</p> <p>If you're reading this, tell me a little about yourself and what you're currently learning or building. I'd love to connect!</p> <h1> DEVCommunity #WebDevelopment #JavaScript #SoftwareDevelopment #DevJourney #BuildInPublic </h1> javascript productivity