--- title: How Open Source saved me from my Udemy course addiction description: How Open Source saved me from my Udemy course addiction Feb 1, 2023· 9 min read. I often hear people claim that they can hear one or two opinions a person has.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-open-source-saved-me-from-my-udemy-course-addiction-ti2omu-21 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How Open Source saved me from my Udemy course addiction | daily.dev og:description: How Open Source saved me from my Udemy course addiction Feb 1, 2023· 9 min read. I often hear people claim that they can hear one or two opinions a person has.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-open-source-saved-me-from-my-udemy-course-addiction-ti2omu-21 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Ti2omU-21.png og:image:alt: How Open Source saved me from my Udemy course addiction og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How Open Source saved me from my Udemy course addiction **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 7 min read · 146 upvotes · 19 comments ## Summary How Open Source saved me from my Udemy course addiction Feb 1, 2023· 9 min read. I often hear people claim that they can hear one or two opinions a person has. I would like to think that expressing some of my opinions doesn’t suddenly expose me as an open book to everyone around me. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@bonaogeto** · 9 upvotes > Hands-on training and reading documentation is the best way to learn and grow. **@kyoukhana** · 5 upvotes > I hate to say this but most of the courses on Udemy fallen flat. What this means is that they are lacking quality. Great courses are not even on udemy site but by the individual instructors. For instance > > https://wesbos.com/ **@shubhsharma19** · 2 upvotes > absolutely agreed!!! **@sealtiel** · 2 upvotes > Great post! Thank you for highlighting how open-source resources can provide a fulfilling learning experience. While there are certainly many valuable online courses available, there's nothing quite like hands-on training. **@aadarsh805** · 1 upvotes > This needs to reach more people > > Sharing on twitter ✌️ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#community](https://daily.dev/tags/community), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#course](https://daily.dev/tags/course) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-open-source-saved-me-from-my-udemy-course-addiction-ti2omu-21) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How Open Source saved me from my Udemy course addiction","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-open-source-saved-me-from-my-udemy-course-addiction-ti2omu-21","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-open-source-saved-me-from-my-udemy-course-addiction-ti2omu-21"},"datePublished":"2023-02-04T17:27:29.304Z","dateModified":"2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z","description":"How Open Source saved me from my Udemy course addiction Feb 1, 2023· 9 min read. 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What this means is that they are lacking quality. Great courses are not even on udemy site but by the individual instructors. For instance\nhttps://wesbos.com/","datePublished":"2023-02-04T20:15:01.561Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Ti2omU-21#c-4iyatdEYg","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin","url":"https://daily.dev/kyoukhana","image":"https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/756849?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":5}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"absolutely agreed!!!","datePublished":"2023-02-05T17:18:50.438Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Ti2omU-21#c-Gl6XVg2Wk","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Shubh Sharma","url":"https://daily.dev/shubhsharma19","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/69891912?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Great post! Thank you for highlighting how open-source resources can provide a fulfilling learning experience. While there are certainly many valuable online courses available, there’s nothing quite like hands-on training.","datePublished":"2023-02-05T00:20:08.092Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Ti2omU-21#c-0cduAa3vf","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Sealtiel","url":"https://daily.dev/sealtiel","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/AEdFTp4zuPbSQ8_9oeyg0uMS4mVlwdLgPhCjpX4rnhSC1JE=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"This needs to reach more people\nSharing on twitter ✌️","datePublished":"2023-02-06T02:40:17.878Z","dateModified":"2023-02-06T02:40:38.312Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Ti2omU-21#c-TPLgVfH_6","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Aadarsh Thakur","url":"https://daily.dev/aadarsh805","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/v1675328969/avatars/avatar_AYeSluCiDiNTRMEqbVOsJ.jpg"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}]} ```