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The Dream of “Technological Independence”


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Huỳnh Nhân Quốc

🌙 A Journey I Chose to Walk

Technological independence — that’s the journey I want to take.

I want to build something that reflects the vision I believe in.

We only live once, and that ideal — that fire — deserves to be pursued more than once.

From childhood until my twenties, I’ve always been searching for a path of my own.

Technology wasn’t something I was naturally good at.

But I remember the first moment I touched my passion — six years ago.

I was just a curious kid who loved to play — and then suddenly, I was asking myself,

“What is HTML?”

That was the first and perhaps the most naïve question of my developer life.

What I was doing felt small — as small as I was.

There were countless times I was tired, frustrated, and ready to give up.

But I kept reminding myself:

“Never stop trying.”

☕ The Bitterness That Keeps You Awake

Dreams are like undefined functions — you never know if they’ll ever return a value.

But loving, nurturing, and living within that dream — that’s happiness you can’t trade for anything.

People once told me:

“Your life is bitterer than a cup of coffee.”
And maybe it is.

But I love coffee — bitter, yes, but real.

It’s the kind of bitterness that keeps you awake and alive.

I still believe in one thing:

“If you don’t have talent, how could you ever have luck?”
In real life, I either talk a lot — or not at all.

People like me are often misunderstood,

and few truly get what we’re trying to say.

📝 Why I Write

They say developers don’t need to write.

But writing is how I store emotion —

how I document thoughts, and transmit the philosophies behind the code.

If over the past five years I had managed to fully build my platform,

maybe I wouldn’t have written hundreds of “Only me” blog posts.

I write to remember.

I write to keep my motivation alive.

I write to remind myself why I started walking this path.

💡 The Way of Trying

Trying is the only way to earn the right to accept or reject tomorrow.

People like me — people still young —

don’t really know what else to do besides keep trying.

That’s our only way forward,

our only way to make tomorrow a bit brighter.

The baggage we carry isn’t heavy —

just some passion, and a few dreams we lost somewhere along the way.

Youth is like that — full of arrogance, ambition,

and that naive desire to change the world,

even when people around you tell you to “go wash dishes.”

🌸 The Happiness of Small Things

Happiness at this age is simple:

to wake up and work on something you love.

To feel a small spark in your heart —

because even small happiness can move the world.

If you can watch flowers bloom in spring,

hear birds sing,

and see petals fall gently on a quiet lake —

then even the coldest winter

is just another breeze passing by.

🌤 A Dream Thrown to the Sky

Every wish we make is like throwing a piece of our heart into the sky.

I dream not of fame,

but of bringing happiness to others —

and to myself.

That’s my pursuit.

That’s my foolish, beautiful dream.

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This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Huỳnh Nhân Quốc