This week, I wanted to highlight briefly how important it is to be hands-on with any learning. Theory is great, and I would have learned a lot just by reading Kubernetes docs and examples. But I would never solidify that knowledge if I hadn't built my own K8s cluster.
When you are actually applying what you have learned, there is some different feedback loop in the brain that makes it stick better. I'm sure other people can explain it better. All I want to say is if you want to learn something new, just reading about it is not enough. You need to practice it. I know that's nothing new, it's a well-known fact. I'm just comprehending and appreciating it much more after doing it myself.
I find it a bit relevant with AI. I always ask it to explain to me what and why it is doing certain things so I understand. But when I actually do something similar myself, my understanding is much deeper. And that's just much more satisfying.