Why I stopped chasing every new technology

For a while, every new framework felt like something I had to learn immediately, or I would fall behind. Looking back, that instinct cost me more than it gave me.

The projects that actually taught me something were the ones I stuck with long enough to hit real problems — not the ones I abandoned after the tutorial ended.

I still explore new tools. But now I ask a simple question first: does this solve a problem I actually have? If not, it can wait.

Depth, it turns out, compounds. Breadth mostly just feels productive.