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Why I Didn’t Post for 3 Days — And What I Finally Learned 🔍

For the last 2–3 days I didn’t write any blog or update.

Not because I stopped learning…

but because I wasn’t learning a share-worthy concept.

I was mostly building UI and polishing layouts. Good practice — but nothing deep enough to explain.


Today that changed.

I finally picked up a concept that actually felt valuable:

Saving State in the URL using useParams (React Router).

It’s not exactly a core React Hook —

it belongs to React Router, but it behaves like a hook and solves a very real problem:

How do we keep data inside the URL so navigation, sharing, and refresh don’t break the state?

Understanding it was interesting because:

  • Data flows forward and backward through routes
  • You have to think differently compared to normal state
  • It’s not hard conceptually, but it needs practice

I’d say I understand around 80–85% right now.

The rest will come with real project usage.


Key realization:

Not every learning day produces a blog.

Some days are for UI.

Some days are for experiments.

And some days finally give you a concept worth sharing.

More practical routing and advanced concepts coming soon.

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Bhavin Sheth

Love this honesty. 🔍
Not every day creates a post — but those quiet days of building UI are usually what make the concepts click later. Using URL state instead of local state is a big mental shift, and 80–85% understanding is exactly how real learning feels. Keep going 👏

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Elliot Otoijagha

Wow thank you for this 😂
I just joined dev.to and was wondering what the heck will I be writing, but your blog just hit the right spot 🔥

I'm currently learning Backend development, I'm learning a lot 😅

I'll start to share concepts that are actually worth sharing 🤝

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Usama

😊 welcome to join dev community