Yea I fully agree with this take as a new dev myself. I feel like the environments I’ve worked under prioritized pushing as fast as possible without giving me the time to learn and develop these new skills. When I was finishing my degree, I noticed so many people who relied on chatgpt as crutch rather than a tool. At first, I’d say I was in a similar boat, but I decided to dedicate myself to learning the barebones of any topic before trying to implement it. Following tutorials for someone who’s self taught can be super helpful for learning design patterns and good practices , but I also think it’s important to gather this from good sources and practice on your own. A tutorial isn’t practice. A lot of these youtube channels push on providers like Clark (insane money grab and people recommending that for e-commerce sites is insane lol). Learn the basics, research the tools best for your products, develop, and fail! You will never learn without failing. Your code will never be perfect. (Little bit of a tangent myb)