There’s a thing that happens when you find the right tool at the right time - you don’t just adopt it, you feel it. The first time I opened Webflow, it hit me like the old Macromedia days, when Fireworks and Flash ruled and building on the web still felt Cyber Y2K - weird in a good, healthy way.
I didn’t get there by accident. I left WordPress after COVID - the software was declining, and worse, the people I respected stopped showing up. I chased the cloud wave into AWS architecture, and I was good at it. But it cost me the thing I’m actually built for: creativity. So I pivoted back to design and development, and after testing React, Next, Angular - I found Webflow, and it stuck.
I went all in. Webflow University courses that fall. Freelancer plan by November. And when you want to be great at something, you don’t just learn it - you learn from the best. For me, that’s been Timothy Ricks. His Lumos Framework rebuilt how I think about building in Webflow - class naming, components, responsiveness, all of it done with real engineering discipline. Last August I put $500 into his Pro Interactions Masterclass, no hesitation, because I was that convinced.
So when I saw Timothy just accepted a role at Webflow - I felt real joy. Three years of learning from someone, watching them become recognized at the level they deserve - that lands different. Congratulations, Timothy. I’m with you 100%.
Here’s what I’m manifesting for the next year: mastery. Not surface-level competence - real depth in Webflow, applied with my clients wherever it’s the right tool. And that’s the caveat that matters most - if Webflow is a nail, I’m not a hammer. I show up to listen first, understand what a client actually needs, and use the best tool for that job - Webflow when it fits, something else when it doesn’t. That’s the whole point of doing this well.
Full video below. Excited for what’s ahead.
