umm can anyone help??

[Jeeva-Selvin]

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hey guys i am jeeva currently i am 15 i love programming i learned html css javascript tailwind react next node express mongodb mongoosh python pandas matplotlib sklearn and currently learning pytorch i am struggling too much idk any major consepts idk the method of learing it i am so frustrated if anyone who gone through this anf can help the plz i would really apriciate it

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[lucaasporto]

Hi dude, first of all, relax. You’re in a great position. You’ve already learned a lot, and if you really learned all of this, you know what your learning process looks like, so picking up another technology will be much easier.

I found some useful links. The first one is a complete roadmap for understanding and learning PyTorch: PyTorch — Complete Roadmap

Another one (not tooooo interesting, but it could help) is this list of topics: Roadmap PyTorch — LinkedIn Post

But bro, sometimes less is more. Go step by step and don’t try to rush. The LinkedIn roadmap itself follows a progression from the fundamentals to more advanced topics, so I’d recommend focusing on one topic at a time.

[mehranditor]

I think the biggest issue isn't that you don't know enough — you've actually learned a lot for 15. The problem is probably that you've learned many technologies without having enough time to build the underlying concepts.

I'd recommend stopping the "learn another framework/library" cycle for a while and focusing on fundamentals.

For example:

• Learn how JavaScript actually works: variables, functions, scope, objects, async/await, promises, closures, etc.
• Strengthen your programming fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, OOP, debugging, Git, HTTP/APIs, databases.
• For Python, become comfortable writing programs without relying heavily on libraries.
• Then start learning ML concepts: linear regression, classification, overfitting, train/validation/test sets, loss functions, gradient descent, etc.
• After that, PyTorch will make much more sense because you'll understand why you're using the things it provides.

Also, don't try to learn everything at once. Pick one thing, build a small project with it, get stuck, research the problem, fix it, and repeat. That's honestly one of the best ways to learn programming.

And don't compare yourself to other developers. At 15, you have an enormous amount of time to learn. Feeling confused is completely normal — programming is basically being confused for a while and then suddenly going "ohhh, THAT'S why." 😄

If I were in your position, I'd spend the next few months building 2–3 small projects and strengthening fundamentals rather than adding more technologies to the list.

You don't need to know everything. You need to understand what you already know.

[ashadzaid3]

Honestly, you’ve already learned a lot, so don’t feel bad about not remembering everything. I’d suggest slowing down and focusing on one thing at a time instead of jumping between so many technologies.

Pick one language or framework, build a few small projects with it, and try to understand the basics properly. Once you’re comfortable, move on to the next one. You’ll learn much more by building and making mistakes than by trying to learn everything at once.

And don’t get discouraged. Programming takes time, especially when you’re just starting out.

[Sathya4683]

Just build smth u would use or think would solve other ppl's problems bruv rather than framework maxxing for no reason bruv

[S0uf12n8]

Honestly, I think your biggest problem is not that you're bad at programming it's the fact that you're trying to learn way too many things at once.

html css javascript tailwind react next node express mongodb mongoosh python pandas matplotlib sklearn ... that's a lot, especially at 15.
Pick one stack and stay with it for a while. For example: HTML → CSS → JavaScript → Node/Express → SQL

Don't move to React/Next until you can build small projects with vanilla JavaScript without following a tutorial. also, don't try to memorize everything. Learn a concept, then immediately build something with it. If you learn arrays, make something using arrays. Learn functions, build something with functions. Learn HTTP, make a tiny API.

And when you get stuck, don't immediately watch another tutorial. Spend like 30 to 60 minutes trying to understand why your code isn't working, then look at the documentation or a solution. That struggle is where a lot of the learning happens, you don't need to know 10 technologies. You need to understand a few fundamentals really well. The frameworks become much easier after that.

[Pusri27]

Hey @jeeva,

First off, huge props to you for diving into all of this at 15, that is honestly super impressive

The reason PyTorch feels so overwhelming right now is because machine learning is a completely different paradigm compared to web development, you are not just learning syntax, you are dealing with linear algebra, tensor dimensions, and calculus concepts like gradients under the hood

A few simple tips to help you get through that mental block:

• Treat tensors just like multidimensional arrays: Before diving into neural networks, get comfortable reshaping, slicing, and doing matrix multiplication with basic tensors, because almost all early PyTorch bugs are just tensor shape mismatches
• Build a toy project from scratch: Try coding a simple linear regression model or a basic image classifier on the MNIST dataset using pure PyTorch tensors, seeing the loss decrease step by step will make the whole training loop click instantly
• Step away from tutorials: When you get stuck, try printing your tensor shapes using shape after every layer instead of rushing to another video, figuring out where the data dimension broke will build your intuition way faster

You have tons of time ahead of you, so do not stress about mastering everything right away, just take it one small experiment at a time