#036 - Focus on strengths, but improve weaknesses

Daniel L

Sep 4, 2024 — 1 min read

One of the weaknesses I am trying to work on is frontend styling. Nowadays there's so many frameworks and libraries to choose from that I have gotten by without really diving deep into styling and CSS. I could probably continue doing that for the rest of my "career" as a software developer, but I am making a conscious choice on this project to improve those skills. CSS has always been frustrating for me since I'm not the most artistic person. In the past, if a component or modal needed updating I felt like I was just putting bandaids on the issue. Hopefully making the decision to learn a little bit more will allow me to be more comfortable going forward.

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Created a header and started styling it

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