Alright, so yesterday I was messing around with something called “*.” Sounded kinda cool, so I figured, why not give it a shot?
First thing I did was Google it, obviously. Found a bunch of stuff, mostly related to some dude’s online presence. But digging deeper, I stumbled upon a GitHub repo. Looked interesting, something about a personal website or portfolio thing. Seemed straightforward enough.
Next step, I cloned the repo. Just used the usual git clone command in my terminal. Piece of cake. Once it was downloaded, I navigated into the project directory. Gotta see what’s inside, right?
Inside, there was a file. I always check those first. It had some basic instructions, nothing too complicated. Said I needed * installed, which I already had. Then it was a matter of running npm install to get all the dependencies. Waited a bit while it did its thing, downloading a bunch of packages. Felt like forever.
After the install was done, the README said to run npm start to fire up the development server. So, I did. And bam! The website popped open in my browser. It was a simple personal site, with a little bit about the guy and some links to his projects. Not bad, actually.
I wanted to see if I could tweak it, personalize it a little. So, I started poking around the code. Opened up the main JavaScript file and started changing some text. Just simple stuff, like replacing the name with my own and adding a little blurb about what I do.
Saved the file, and the website automatically reloaded in the browser. Nice! The changes were there. Felt pretty good. I then messed around with the CSS a bit, changing some colors and fonts. Just experimenting, seeing what I could do.
It was surprisingly easy to modify. The code was pretty clean and well-organized. I could see myself using this as a starting point for my own portfolio site. Maybe I’ll add a few more projects, customize the layout a bit more.
Finally, I pushed my changes back to my own GitHub repo. Just to keep a backup and have it somewhere safe. Overall, it was a fun little project. Learned a few things, got a cool starting point for a website, and didn’t break anything too badly. I’d call that a win.
