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6 Mistakes I Made Building a Side Project for Over a Year
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6 Mistakes I Made Building a Side Project for Over a Year

via Dev.to WebdevAllan Kong1mo ago

Introduction For the past year, I've been working on a side project called computerscienceresources.com . I've noticed that there is no centralized location for the diverse range of computer science resources. I've seen GitHub repos for Awesome Lists. But, these static lists are hard to filter by community reviews and become outdated. In addition, I see a multitude of unknown ways to break into various software fields, but these resources are scattered all over the place and sometimes generally hidden. Furthermore, I sometimes hear a lot about some resources, like Brilliant, from all these YouTubers. And, as a skeptic, I want to know how good or bad the resource is: the teaching quality and engagement. Then, there is another issue of people asking me what resources I should recommend for getting into software. These three issues: Wanting to find more ways to learn software Determining the quality of a resource, like a bootcamp Sharing learning methods with others And the lack of a cent

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