RAPHEAL CLINTON

Frontend Developer & UI Designer | I build fast, beautiful websites for restaurants & real estate businesses in Nigeria | React · Next.js · Firebase

[RAPHEAL CLINTON @Honchocode]

Most businesses in Nigeria have a website. Very few have a good one.

I specialise in working with restaurants and real estate businesses — two industries where first impressions online directly translate to real customers and bookings.

check it out..
https://t.co/HzJ18AKrZ3

[RAPHEAL CLINTON @Honchocode]

Real talk about building in public 👇
Some days everything flows.
Some days your system crashes.
Some days life just gets in the way.
The goal isn't perfection.
The goal is to keep showing up.
Still here. Still building. 🇳🇬🔨

Good morning chat😊

[RAPHEAL CLINTON @Honchocode]

Coding update 🇳🇬💻
Restaurant listing page — DONE ✅
Homepage ✅
Listing page ✅
Detail page 🔄 starting today
Next.js · Tailwind · Supabase · Google Maps
Every page designed in Figma first.
Now just translating design to code.
Building in public 🔨

[RAPHEAL CLINTON @Honchocode]

Most Nigerian businesses are losing customers silently 👇
Not because of bad service. Not because of bad products.
Because they're invisible online.
No website. Or one that doesn't work on mobile. Or one nobody can find.
That's a fixable problem. 🇳🇬

Send a DM let's talk today😊

[penwithnessa😈✍️ @FalzTosin11134]

Most people overestimate what they can achieve in a month and underestimate what they can achieve in a year.

They quit too early because the results don't come fast enough.

The gym doesn't transform your body in a week.

Writing doesn't make you exceptional overnight.

[RAPHEAL CLINTON @Honchocode]

Nice write ✍️ 😊

[penwithnessa😈✍️ @FalzTosin11134]

A small shift that changed my mindset:

Instead of asking,

"How do I make more money?"

Ask,

"What skill can I improve that makes me more valuable?"

Money follows value.

[RAPHEAL CLINTON @Honchocode]

@webdesignerng fr, a very good framework from javascript...
i'm currently building my first next js project also

[RAPHEAL CLINTON @Honchocode]

@TravelerOfCode Exactly.
Heads up, we keeping moving💯

[RAPHEAL CLINTON @Honchocode]

Day 1 of a new month 🇳🇬
The goal is simple this week:
First paying client conversation.
Not by luck.
By showing up every day and talking to real businesses.
Documenting it publicly,
wins and misses alike.
Follow along 🔨

[RAPHEAL CLINTON @Honchocode]

It comes from having enough conversations with the right people.
That's it. Volume of genuine conversations.
Everything else just makes those conversations easier. 🇳🇬

[RAPHEAL CLINTON @Honchocode]

Something I've learned about getting your first client 👇
It doesn't come from having the perfect portfolio.
It doesn't come from knowing every framework.
It doesn't come from posting the right content…..

[RAPHEAL CLINTON @Honchocode]

New month. Same mission 🇳🇬
4 weeks of building in public.
Homepage coded ✅
Listing page in progress 🔄
Outreach running daily ✅
This week's goal — first paying client conversation.
Not luck. Strategy. 🔨

Happy new month chat😊❤️

[RAPHEAL CLINTON @Honchocode]

@therealokipez1 I believe in you bro, sooner that later you would have yours❤️

[RAPHEAL CLINTON @Honchocode]

@compileandpush Thanks man😊
Fr the traffic on my outreach haven’t really been getting response but I’m fully trusting the process

[RAPHEAL CLINTON @Honchocode]

End of week 4 building in public 🇳🇬
Wins this week:
→ Homepage fully coded ✅
→ Consistent outreach started ✅
→ New 2 step outreach system started ✅
Challenge this week:
→ Malaria knocked me out for a day
But still here. Still building.
Happy weekend guys, have a productive

[RAPHEAL CLINTON @Honchocode]

@therealokipez1 Thanks man, the design is flawless and responsive because I already designed the ui/ux for this project so coding it was now easy to work on.

[RAPHEAL CLINTON @Honchocode]

@EBogomolovs Barely get response 😅,
But heads up I’m trusting the process

[RAPHEAL CLINTON @Honchocode]

@harjjotsinghh On point
lets connect

[RAPHEAL CLINTON @Honchocode]

Something that changed how I code 👇
Keeping Figma open next to VS Code the entire time.
No more:
→ "What color was that again?"
→ "How much padding did I use here?"
→ "What did I want this section to look like?"
Every decision has already been made. I just execute.

[RAPHEAL CLINTON @Honchocode]

Got hit with malaria this week 🤒
Knocked out for a day.
But one day doesn't break what you're building. You just get back up.
Back today. Still recovering. Still showing up 🇳🇬🔨

[RAPHEAL CLINTON @Honchocode]

Tomorrow:
→ We are moving to the restaurants listing page where users can search and filter restaurants by city, cuisine, and location.
Still building. Still shipping. 🔨

[RAPHEAL CLINTON @Honchocode]

Day 3 coding update 🇳🇬💻
Built today:
→ Today I rounded with with updating the restaurants with real data from my json file for now.
Interesting challenge:
→ Struggled with connect my json and fetching restaurant data’s around Nigeria