https://thaiquangquy.github.io/tags/mindset/Recent content in Mindset on Quy Thai QuangHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 Quy Thai QuangSun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://thaiquangquy.github.io/posts/on-learning-slowly/Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://thaiquangquy.github.io/posts/on-learning-slowly/<p>There&rsquo;s a genre of content online that frames learning as an optimization problem. Learn React in 30 days. Master system design in a weekend. The implicit premise is that faster is always better.</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve been thinking about whether this is true.</p> <h2 class="relative group">Speed is sometimes the wrong variable <div id="speed-is-sometimes-the-wrong-variable" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#speed-is-sometimes-the-wrong-variable" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>When I&rsquo;ve tried to learn something fast — really compress it into a short window — I tend to end up with a shallow model that breaks under pressure. I can answer the interview question but I can&rsquo;t debug the production incident.</p>