i++ evalutes to i and then increments i up by 1.
So
let i = 0;
console.log(i++);
console.log(i++);
console.log(i);
Will output
0
1
2
To make it increment up by 1 and then evaluate to the old i + 1, use ++i.
There is a good explaination in 30secondsofinterviews.org.