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My first real web project was a to-do list app that, in hindsight, tried to do far too much. Looking back, the mistakes I made were more instructive than anything that went right.
What I Set Out to Build
The plan was a task manager with categories, due dates, recurring tasks, and a dashboard. Reasonable on paper — far too ambitious for a first project.
What Went Wrong
- I designed the database schema before I understood the actual use case.
- I kept adding features instead of finishing the core flow.
- I didn’t test on mobile until the very end.
What I’d Do Differently
Start smaller than feels comfortable. A working, ugly version of the core feature teaches you more than a beautifully planned version that never ships.
These days, this section of the portfolio holds the projects that came after — each one a little more finished than the last.
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