It’s been a week since my first post about rebuilding my tech stack, so here’s my first update. Progress has been slow, but steady. And honestly, I’m fine with that. Slow progress is still progress. One thing I discovered very quickly is that I learn far better from books than from online courses. I don’t fully understand why yet, but online courses have always felt difficult for me to stay focused on. My brain just drifts away after a while. Books, however, keep me engaged. They force me to slow down, read carefully, and actually think about what I’m learning instead of passively consuming information. It honestly makes me curious whether there’s actual research comparing long-term retention between books and video-based learning. Because at least for me, books feel significantly more effective. This week, I started relearning C using The C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie.…