The Shift from Watching Tutorials to Creating React Projects
Yes, I was just like many beginners. I used to spend hours watching React tutorials and at the end of the day, I felt productive just because I had completed another video or another playlist. But after some time, I realized something important: I knew the concepts while watching the instructor code

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