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Re:Ask HN: How do you learn complex, dense technical informa... by TeMPOraL on Friday February 14, 2020 @12:54PM (#22328544)
Then the best part comes next: you read some more theory again, and suddenly it connects - the abstract becomes understandable in the context of pains and solutions suggested by gut. And now you have a solid piece of understanding you can reason from.
Re:Ask HN: How do you learn complex, dense technical informa... by lanstin on Friday February 14, 2020 @01:17PM (#22328739)
I always save the big picture books for after a bit of successful hands on stuff. Often then i want to go back and redo the original learning efforts.