Lockdown Memories

The COVID lockdown era. The time that changed everything for a lot of people, and for me it was the era that pushed me into coding more seriously.

Fortnite with Vivaan M

Lockdown meant one thing: gaming. Specifically, Fortnite with Vivaan M. We played an insane amount. When you can't go outside, can't see your friends, and school is just a Zoom call, gaming becomes your entire social life. Those Fortnite sessions were legendary — the wins, the losses, the rage quits, and the "one more game" that turned into four more hours.

Online School

School went online and it was... an experience. On one hand, you could attend class in your pajamas. On the other hand, you learned absolutely nothing and the WiFi always cut out at the worst possible moment. But it freed up a lot of time, and that time had to go somewhere.

The Coding Origin

This is the part that actually matters long-term. With all that free time and nowhere to go, I started coding more seriously. Not just messing around — actually building things, learning properly, and getting obsessed with what you could create with a laptop and an internet connection. The early projects trace back to this era.

What Lockdown Taught Me

When you strip away all the social stuff — the hangouts, the school routine, the going out — you're left with yourself and your interests. And I discovered that my interests were building things. That realization is basically my origin story. Lockdown was boring and isolating, but it gave me the foundation for everything I'm doing now.

Looking Back

I wouldn't want to go through it again, but I'm grateful for what it produced. Without lockdown, I probably would have kept doing the normal teenager thing and never discovered how much I love building.