I was going to say check out something from Casey too. Maybe just randomly jump into one of the 600+ videos for handmade hero and try to see what he's doing. I think Casey is a great educator, even if he has a lot of hot takes.
Use libraries. Use frameworks. Don't use C++ but reimplement the stdlib because you hate C++ and assume it was designed by morons. Don't spend... how many years has it been now, nearly ten? On a debug room that looks like a high school CS project.
> Don't spend... how many years has it been now, nearly ten? On a debug room that looks like a high school CS project.
If you add all the hours up from every episode it's less than a years worth of work...