Seems like this book is mainly about the author stumbling around due to lack of fundamental understanding and skills. It is awesome that he has been able to get

Seems like this book is mainly about the author stumbling around due to lack of fundamental understanding and skills. It is awesome that he has been able to get stuff to work despite being a beginner. No amount of experience hacking things together will result in any true real progress, until he learns the basics he will be stuck in beginner trial & error mode each time he gets stuck. It costs less to take the time to learn or pay a competent professional, than it does to stumble around in the dark. Taking the time to build the core competencies needed to solve simple stuff is more impressive than getting something to work despite not knowing what is going on.