A note to myself: On the occasion when people ask me for advice, I think I do a reasonably good job at fumbling my way through an answer. However, it doesn’t seem to work when I try to use my advice for my own problems. So in an effort to try something new to help myself, I’m hoping by writing this post I at least have something concrete to look back to in the future. ...
Update: 21/03/26 A good friend read this post and then pointed me towards https://github.com/DrCatHicks/learning-opportunities. Its a Claude marketplace with skills that allow you set and update learning goals as you work on a project. It also provides you exercises that assess your ability to recall on code you've written, helping to reaffirm your understanding. So far i'm really enjoying it, highly recommend giving it a go too! I recently watched this video from one of the YouTubers I follow, Clarence Kennedy (shoutout to my man), and even though the video is mostly about weightlifting, it made me think a lot about the current landscape of the tech industry. ...