Tech Prep: Gather Your Tools

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The tech journey isn’t built without failure. Failure is where you gain the ability to correct mistakes and find the best ways to do it. Every time I have experienced failure, I have had to adjust and find a way to dig myself out.

It is humbling, but it is necessary.

When I started to run into problems, my first instinct was to head straight to Google, and that’s where I found Stack Overflow—a community full of answers. Of course, this wasn’t the end. They didn’t have all of the answers and once that failed me, I had to look for other solutions.

Enter right, Developer Tools.

This helped me debug on my own. It helped me break down what was wrong and allowed me to approach debugging more interactively. It was a game-changer. It gave me the ability to see what I was doing, and it gave me different ideas on how I could solve my problem.

As I progressed in my journey, things got harder. That is when I discovered something about myself. I was always looking at a problem as a whole. This is terrible to do. If you find yourself doing this, instead, break down the problem into smaller digestible chunks that will allow you to solve the problem.

All of these tools are what made me go deep in my journey. It has made me realize patterns. It has made me realize what I need to do to solve most problems. It has made me find resources that I still use to this day to make sure that I can succeed.

Here is what I did:

Document helpful resources

You are not going to remember everything. Write down those websites that I help you with your problems. Some for me are caniuse.com, stackoverflow.com, https://grid.layoutit.com.

Explore new tools

Nothing is written in stone. If something new comes out, try it. Make sure you know what it is, and just see if it can help you. When Github Copilot dropped, I was hesitant to learn it, but I did because I knew AI wasn’t going anywhere.

Tech is an involving journey, and I have remained consistent because, over the years, I have collected all sorts of elements. You don’t need a lot. You just need to pick ones that make sense to you and that you can find yourself using. The only way to do this is to keep learning and keep building!

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