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B. Agustín Amenábar Larraín

Always do the tutorial, but never copy the code, change everithing and make it work.
I never use the same variable names, folder structure, component structure, markup, class names... damn, I even pull different dependencies if I can.

It will take you 5 times longer to complete, but you will understand what you are doing.

You will often end up deep withing the docs figureing why stuff doesn't work and learning why.

Do the tutorials, but never follow them!
You'll learn a lot.