Don't be so hard on yourself, it's pretty common to read blog posts like this and come away with the idea that a super smart person took one look at the lay of

Don't be so hard on yourself, it's pretty common to read blog posts like this and come away with the idea that a super smart person took one look at the lay of the land and leapt directly from problem -> solution in one neat step. What you don't see is the people the talked to about the problem, their back-and-forth spitballing ideas, the various googling to see if there's a standard approach ... and most importantly you don't see any failed attempts. Bear in mind that I don't think this is some deliberate attempt to appear superhuman, I think it's just accidental