Every time I discover a new technology, I like to make a silly small project with it. This time, I created Discovr or, how I described it: "Just an excuse to learn SolidJS". The Tech Stack was TypeScript, SolidJS, Vite, Vitest and Testing Library. To sum up: I wanted to learn new things.

While dropping characters into VSCode, I, of course, ran into issues. My gut feeling was google it and open the first SO or Doc entry, and so I did and... No answers. In the end I got over the problem the hard way: reading source code and muddling through, something I don't do too often.

Everything went well. But at some point I considered leaving the project aside and coming back once there was a tutorial, answer or doc entry for my problem (which goes against the initial purpose of exploring new technologies). At the end, I got myself thinking if I was too used to having answers handed on a silver platter instead of digging for answers.

What do you guys think? Is StackOverflow-dependency a thing? Does using it too much affect learning? What's your opinion about tutorials and "ready-to-use" answers? Personally, I feel like they surely help a lot in the beginning, but as you start digging deeper into something, it won't suffice anymore