My time is limited, so I prefer to learn from the mistakes of others. Before I build something using a new technology/framework/language/whatever, I look at po

My time is limited, so I prefer to learn from the mistakes of others. Before I build something using a new technology/framework/language/whatever, I look at popular open source projects that use it. Not only is it useful to pick up idioms, but browsing through the project's closed issues is a great way to find and avoid common pitfalls of the new technology.