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How do you get stuck? Are there actual technical or pedagogical barriers, or do you simply get bogged down in the amount of stuff to learn?

If it's the latter, I think some structure and simple project management could help. Break down your projects into smaller, more manageable parts that you can focus on and actually complete before you get stuck.

"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs." - Henry Ford

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I think the first part -- what I've learned in school has given me a good foundation to programming, but I'm not sure how to take functional C programming and make web apps out of my knowledge.

I've tried reading some tutorials and there is also a ton to learn, but it's mostly the pedagogy of learning something like MVC. Although, I certainly agree with what you're saying about dividing. That does help me nudge further along anytime I attempt these projects.

MVC is just a design pattern. Nothing magical. I'm sure you came across many other patterns whilst learning C programming.

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