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The key is committing hundreds of hours to one thing before moving on, avoiding "acquisition syndrome" whether it's gear, courses, or programming languages. Mastery comes from deep practice with fundamentals, not surface-level exposure to many options. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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