I have been learning tech for a while now.
HTML.
CSS.
JavaScript.
Python.
On paper, it looks like progress. And in many ways, it was.
But recently, I realized something important:
I learned, what I should consider, a lot of things, yet I didn’t truly document the journey.
Not the confusion.
Not the incessant nudge to give up.
Not the false starts.
Not the moments when things didn’t make sense but I kept going anyway.
What existed were outcomes — not the thinking that led to them.
For a long time, I assumed documentation was something you did after you had figured things out. Something reserved for experts, teachers, or people who already had clarity.
So I focused on consuming content instead:
- tutorials,
- guides,
- videos,
- explanations.
I was learning, yes — but quietly. Internally. Without leaving a trace of how my understanding was forming.
Looking back now, I see that this made it harder to notice patterns:
- where I was improving,
- where I was stuck,
- what actually helped me move forward.
This time, I am doing it differently.
Not because I suddenly became more disciplined.
Not because I want to teach.
And certainly not because I think I have “arrived.”
I am documenting because clarity doesn’t come from speed.
It comes from structure.
Writing forces me to slow down.
To name confusion instead of rushing past it.
To understand why something works, not just that it does.
This space — ObisDeck — is not a tutorial platform in the traditional sense.
It is:
- a learning archive,
- a thinking log,
- a place where progress is allowed to be slow,
- and where understanding is allowed to form honestly.
Some entries will be reflective.
Some will be practical.
Some will simply capture a shift in how I see things.
All of them will be real.
I am not documenting to prove anything.
I am documenting because I have learned that when learning remains invisible, it’s easy to feel like nothing is happening — even when growth is taking place.
By writing things down, I give my learning a shape.
By structuring it, I give it direction.
That’s what this journey is about.
If you’re learning tech quietly —
if you’ve started, stopped, restarted, or hesitated —
or if you’ve felt like you’re “doing the work” but still unsure where you stand,
you’re welcome to follow along.
This is not a race.
It’s a process.
And this is the first step.
This post is part of my ongoing learning archive.
→ My Tech Learning Journey — One Step at a Time
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