if you want to break out of the crud trenches, one nice way to do it might be to learn some functional programming. to that end, give "realm of racket"[1] a try

if you want to break out of the crud trenches, one nice way to do it might be to learn some functional programming. to that end, give "realm of racket"[1] a try - it takes a pedagogical approach, and you might find the earlier chapters a bit trivial, but also you should never feel out of your depth, and you should be able to follow along and have fun while learning some new ideas. after that you should be in better shape to tackle some more serious areas of programming and computer science, but i feel the easy intro to racket will stand you in good stead. [1] https://nostarch.com/realmofracket.htm https://nostarch.com/realmofracket.htm