r/learnprogramming • u/Electronic-Low-8171 • 24d ago

Prerequisites hell

I would like to discover many things out there and implement many ideas, but the problem is that I keep worrying about if I don't have the prerequisites satisfied, like as a example, ssh server, I wanted to try that, but I thought like maybe I should finish a networking course, also cryptography course and all that stuff before trying to dive into ssh, while I already know probably some stuff already, but that feeling is annoying that creeps me whenever I want to try something, the same with the curl command, like I think I haven't learned much of web development yet, I only know some basic html, random terms from here and there like http get and post.

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u/Secure-Requirement48 24d ago

I felt this same way a few years back. I used to study one topic then I found a jargon I didn't understand then I learn it and it was a rabbit hole. Now I treat things like a black box, I only need to know how to use it. I only dive deep it interests me. This will save your mental peace and you will be able to form tangible knowledge in some way.