I find the most important thing when learning anything new is a "safe harbor" to explore from. That's why "Hello world!" is so fundamental. And that's why a cou

I find the most important thing when learning anything new is a "safe harbor" to explore from. That's why "Hello world!" is so fundamental. And that's why a counter stored into a database is one of the biggest steps you can make - you've wedged the door open and it can't possibly fall shut again. Everything else is incremental from there. And if something doesn't work, you know you can just go a step back and reassess, without starting from zero. Writing code is beautiful like that. I wish you many productive struggles and subsequent successes in your journey!