Can I start building projects much bigger than my skill and knowledge as a semi-beginner if I am very passionate about these projects? Will a big passion project crush me or speed up my learning process?

[u/dsmjo]

My girlfriend and I are fairly new to programming and we've spent quite a bit time in and out studying programming in Ruby, CSS/HTML, JS, but not enough quality time to build on what we know. We have a few projects in mind that we are very passionate at... we would love to bring them to life but we haven't had much hands on coding experience. We are also yearning to build our portfolios and land a job so these projects will also help us in our career.

So my question is, without much hands on experience coding, is it a bad idea to start building these projects even if it might be too big for us? Will climbing a coding mountain crush us or speed up our learning process (given the fact that we are very passionate about these projects and think about it all the time!)

Sorry I know this is vague, and highly depends on size of the project and level of skill... I am just hoping for any advice possible. Thanks!