My name is Salim. I am a learner passionate about technology and personal growth. Salim Infinity is my space to share my tech journey as I learn, build, and grow... not alone, but together with others on the same path. Through this channel, I’ll be documenting what I learn, asking questions, sharing resources, and hopefully inspiring beginners to keep going even when it gets tough. My goal is to create a small corner of the internet where we can learn, collaborate, and push each other to become better every day. If you’re curious, motivated, or just starting out in tech, you’ll fit right in.

I’ve started learning Django (backend), and I’ll be sharing my weekly progress, inshaAllah. Let’s see how far we can take this together.

If you’re a beginner like me, you’re more than welcome to learn alongside me. And if you’re an experienced engineer, you may help us learn. Your advice and guidance will mean a lot.

Note: My weekly logs thing will be in pdf format, since I write everything in Obsidian. We’ll see how well that works out as we go.

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At this point, it’s stressing me the hell out. 😫

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A couple of years ago, I'd become quite interested in martial arts.

(Hours upon hours of watching "The Karate Kid" growing up must've taken their toll on me!)

And so, I found myself at this smelly little gym for my first few karate practice sessions, working hard to learn how to count in Japanese and getting my hand-eye coordination under control...

Moments later, I turn left when I should’ve turned right—

And I’m met with a swift kick to the face.

Yeah… My interest in karate waned quickly after that.

Why am I telling you this? Well, this question came up in a recent email exchange:

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“How does one MASTER the skill of programming Python?”

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And I like to think that mastering programming is quite similar to mastering a physical skill like karate. (Although I've had more success with the former.)

With both, it takes a long time to build up the right foundation. But once "muscle memory" starts kicking in, your progress can skyrocket!

It's all about making it through that first rough patch of slow learning progress without losing your motivation.

Mastering a programming language means lifelong learning. The topic is fractal—there's always a way to expand your knowledge in some obscure way. One can hit critical mass in terms of knowledge and be called an expert, but it's unlikely a single person will know it all.

There's road maps but no "one true path" to mastery. Learning progress will depend highly on the motivation and drive of the individual, and the peers they surround themselves with. Mentorship and community play the biggest role in becoming successful.

— Dan Bader

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It’s been about a month since i started this journey. This first month was mostly about familiarizing myself with the technology. I didn’t achieve as much as i originally hoped. But i still made progress, even if it was small... and honestly that’s a big win for me. I’m hoping the coming month will be much cooler, and I’ll do my best to stay active on the channel, God willing. Let’s go.

Programming books are underrated, ngl. You can watch tutorials and absorb some basics, sure, but they rarely give you the bigger picture. When I watch tutorials, I end up being amazed by how “genius” the tutor seems, instead of actually focusing on the content. you ask why? Because there’s so much abstraction going on. They only show you what they want to show you, without explaining much how the messy behind-the-scenes stuff actually works.

I think documentation is great too, but not for getting started. docs are super useful once you’ve got the hang of the basics. They’re the best where-tos to go for reference. But if you try to read them from the beginning, you’ll just get overwhelmed.

But, while saying this, let’s be honest... WE DON'T WANT TO READ BOOKS (even though I enjoy reading in other subjects). The irony is we live in a time where books are easier to access than ever, yet people read them less than ever.

Hmm, we'll see what God has in store for us in the coming year. Situations need to change. We better show some visible changes.

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