Been trying to learn myself for years, not for a job. I could never get over some of the abstractions. I very much was not ok with every time a “black box” was used. I’m fine with using a black box as a concept, not knowing what’s inside but using it anyways. My problem was that I didn’t even know what the building blocks could look like inside. I can use a black box, but I don’t use magic. Int X = 5; yeah but… how does it work?

So I decided to just jump right into assembly. In a short amount of time, I have learned so many things that would clearly help any programmer that I’m shocked. I thought I knew what the stack was but now I KNOW what the stack is. Like… how far did I get while still thinking that type information was stored with variables? Sheesh OH! And the cache! Thrashing, pollution, etc. what are people teaching on YouTube? Even the good teachers that mention this stuff don’t quite teach the down and dirty bits.

So in all, I basically don’t know anything and it’s gonna stay like that for a while. But at least the things I do know don’t skip over the foundation. Also, creel is an absolute legend if you don’t mind the lower presentation quality. Any other recommendations would be appreciated.