For technical stuff that's more on the practical sid of things I usually build projects. If it's from a guide, I try to switch out things to force me to think.

For technical stuff that's more on the practical sid of things I usually build projects. If it's from a guide, I try to switch out things to force me to think. For example, I read a book about smart contract development. They used JavaScript, Truffle and web3.js, but I did it with TypeScript, Hardhat and ethers.js. Took a bit longer, but helped tremendously.