Hello, New DEV.to members!to Members!

I am Tyler N, a 13-year-old (almost 14) from Maryland, and I made my first article here on DEV.to, or on any sort of blogging platform, on May 28, 2026, which was 167 days, 24 weeks, or 5 months ago. It was titled "Git for GitHub: How to use simple Git commands to manage a GitHub repository," and it definitely took me a while to write. But after I published it, I realized that I would be making many more articles here on DEV.to. I had received real comments on it about how it actually, really helped people. I thought it wouldn't go anywhere, but it definitely did.

I started to learn to code sometime in the sixth grade (which was in the 2024-2025 school year), created my first GitHub repository in December of 2025, and DEV.to is just the natural continuation of that.

Since that point, I have made six more articles. My second article was about how I used Inkscape to create a banner for the first article and my profile picture. While it may definitely be a brisk pace, I had sleepaway camp and summer right in the middle, so it just about evens it out. While making these articles, I have gotten much better at my writing, both technical and non-technical.

The point of me telling you this is to inform you that you can absolutely do the same thing I did, if not better than me. To find the idea for that very first article, and just about every article after it, I thought about either something that was confusing for me or that I thought might be confusing to others, or a coding project I had recently gotten to a stable state. I also wrote one about why I chose to code in the Terminal, without an Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Obviously, these aren't the only things articles can be about. Be creative, and start writing! If you don't think you can write an article just yet, go around and explore other people's articles, and interact with them by leaving thoughtful comments.

How did you guys discover DEV.to, and what are you going to write? Feel free to describe how you got into coding or another technical field.