1 month, 276 visitors, 0 sales sales - what I learned building a React Native starter kit nobody asked for

I've been a developer since 2010. 16 years building software for companies. 2 years freelancing. I've shipped production apps, worked with teams across different domains, handled real infrastructure at scale. I'm not new to this. What I clearly don't know yet is how to sell things. What I'm new to is building for myself — no client, no salary, no guarantee anyone will ever pay for what I make. That's a completely different game and I'm learning it from zero. This is an honest account of my first