How I Built My First Portfolio

Building my first personal portfolio was both exciting and terrifying. I knew it had to represent *me* — not just as a developer, but as someone who’s learning, experimenting, and putting themselves out there on the web.

💡 Starting from Scratch

I didn’t use fancy templates or prebuilt themes. I opened up a blank editor (Cursor in my case) and started writing plain HTML and CSS. At first, it was messy. Things didn’t align, fonts looked boring, and I doubted myself. But slowly, I shaped it into something meaningful.

“The best way to learn web development is by actually building and deploying something — no matter how small.”

⚙️ Tools I Used

HTML, CSS, and some JavaScript
Cursor IDE for coding
GitHub for version control
Vercel for deployment (super easy!)

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  <h1>Rustam Timalsina</h1>
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    <a href="index.html">Home</a>
    <a href="blog.html">Blog</a>
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🚀 Deployment Journey

When I first hit “Deploy” on Vercel, I thought something would break. But in less than a minute, I had a live URL to share. That feeling of seeing rustamtimalsina.com.np online for the first time? Pure magic. It motivated me to keep building more.

        🔑 Lesson Learned: Don’t wait for perfection. Publish your work early — you’ll improve it over time.
      

✨ What’s Next

This portfolio isn’t the end. It’s the foundation. Next, I plan to add a proper blog (like this one!), a projects showcase with live demos, and maybe even an interactive resume. Step by step, I’ll make it more professional.

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