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[–] grue@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Honestly, I don't think it's possible to get by just trusting any particular guide without developing at least some actual understanding of the concepts underlying what you're doing. The field is just too wide and rapidly changing for any source of info to be authoritative (and stay authoritative indefinitely after the guide is written), so it's super important to develop the skill of looking up multiple different and possibly conflicting approaches to the task, thinking critically about them, and then synthesizing your own approach that works for your specific situation.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

without developing at least some actual understanding of the concepts underlying what you’re doing

I realize lemmy hates AI, but I use Grok a lot to explain commands, command sequences, etc. Those go in my notes as well, after I've refined them, and conformed them to my application. Of course, all the precautions one should take with any online tut in place, and pulling knowledge from multiple sources helps verify. Grok helps me out a ton.