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Learning journey

Self-teaching, rebuilding, mistakes, reflection, and learning through real work.

What it is

AST A beginner-friendly guide to understanding abstract syntax trees. Compiler A beginner-friendly guide to understanding compilers. JIT A beginner-friendly guide to understanding just-in-time generation. Lexer A beginner-friendly guide to understanding lexers and tokens. Runtime A beginner-friendly guide to understanding software runtime.

Why I learned it

A Dreamy Developer Finding Where I BelongI used to think the indie journey started with a product. It doesn’t. It starts with finding yourself. 2025-11-09 As Long As These Hands Stay Clean, I’ll Keep Chasing My PassionI’ll do any kind of work to earn money —as long as it’s honest,as long as it helps others. Because for me, the goal isn’t just survival — it’s chasing passion with clean hands. 2025-10-22 Coding and Life – Turning 30 and the Tech Dreams of a Golang Indie HackerI grew up between my father’s discipline, my mother’s warmth, and a childhood of barefoot adventures, gaming, and curiosity — all of which shaped the dreamer and maker I am today. 2025-11-01 Loop Engineering of Life: If You Never Try, How Will You Know What’s Right or Wrong?The shortcut to success isn't avoiding failure. It's failing early, learning fast, and continuing to iterate. 2026-06-15 Searching for the Core Value in My Programming JourneyFor almost a decade, I’ve been searching for the core value of programming — the reason behind the code, the invisible thread connecting curiosity and creation. 2025-10-27 The Life of the Young: Effort, Dreams, and the Cost of ChoicesJust yesterday, I saw a young couple who both work as developers. They’re newly married, living in a small rented room. The title under their photo read: “Together, we strive.” 2025-10-28 The Perimeter of a Rounded SquareIf you’ve ever heard the story about the Xiaomi logo redesign that cost $300,000, then you might appreciate this one — mine cost less than 300,000 đồng (about twelve dollars). 2025-10-25 The Solo FounderThere are paths you can only walk alone Not because you are lonely But because silence is the only place Where you can hear your own footstep 2025-12-12 Two Years for a JourneyI still remember those days — the ones filled with my very first lines of code.I can’t even count how many times I deleted and rewrote them. 2025-10-22

Where it is tested