So there's the tool and then there's how you use the tool. As the expression about the poor craftsman goes... I am not surprised changing your approach helped

So there's the tool and then there's how you use the tool. As the expression about the poor craftsman goes... I am not surprised changing your approach helped you to improve your skills. But if someone were to use online search to say... find the library code, and read the manual, they'd likely get similar results to yours, right? ;-)