Wow dude, you're amazing! How are you able to dig so far into (extremely technical, difficult!) uncharted territory without getting diverted one way or another

Wow dude, you're amazing! How are you able to dig so far into (extremely technical, difficult!) uncharted territory without getting diverted one way or another - frustration, "too hard", give up, etc.? ESPECIALLY since you did it all without the galaxies of information and well-tred paths available today!