You begin your code review and come across some new syntax in Vue.

After some searching, you realize... it isn’t new.

It’s been in the framework for over a year!

“Why didn’t I know about this?”

“How did my co-worker find out about this before me?”

But it’s not just this new syntax. You begin to wonder what else you might be missing out on:

• New features like $ref that can simplify your code. Or obscure — but useful — features that you completely forgot existed, like v-memo and building custom directives beyond v-for and v-if

• Tricks to get more out of Vue — things like recursive slots, configuration-driven templates, and the Base Component pattern.

• Ideas that you already know, but are easy to forget — like using multiple v-models that would have been perfect on that feature you shipped two weeks ago. Too bad you didn’t remember it existed back then!

It’s not like you haven’t tried to keep up with it, either.

It’s just that you’re busy enough trying to ship features and fix bugs!

So you’ve tried to “carve out“ time from your schedule:

• The “Daily Ritual” — 15 minutes each day before work, or maybe at lunch, or on the train to work

• The “Weekly Routine” — Friday afternoons dedicated to learning, or Saturday mornings because your weekends are free

• The “Dedicated Learner” — Taking time off to focus on going deep into a specific topic over a few days, sacrificing that precious vacation time!

But then, inevitably, that motivation wears off.

Or Friday afternoon rolls around, but you haven’t been as productive this week as you’d hoped. So, just this once, I’ll skip the learning and do my “real work”.

Weeks, sometimes months go by and you look back and realize you haven’t really improved that much.

And when you do actually take the time, you run into more roadblocks:

• What should you even spend your time learning?
• What articles/videos/courses are worth your time?

It’s hard to find good content.

It’s impossible to know if the people creating these tutorials have real experience — or if they’re just leading you down the wrong path.

And even if they do have real, valuable experience — not everyone is great at teaching.

What if you could improve your skills a little bit each day?

A few minutes here and there that can easily be squeezed in wherever it fits best:

• While waiting in line for your morning coffee, or while your golden-tipped Assam tea steeps on the counter

• After you push your latest changes and you’re just waiting for the build to pass before moving on

• When you need to take your mind off of that pesky bug for a few minutes and clear your head

And you don’t have to worry about deciding what to learn, either.

That’s already taken care of.

You just pick up the beautiful hardcover book off of your desk and begin to leaf through it. Read whatever catches your eye. Or, go through it cover to cover if that’s more your style.

And if you’re on the go or left the book at home, the daily email puts a few tips into your inbox every day.

How much simpler could it get?

Soon it’ll be you that’s teaching everyone about the new syntax, latest features, and best tricks for writing Vue. They’ll wonder how you’re able to keep up with it all (that will be our own little secret).

Serendipity will find you.

As you’re working on a new feature you’ll read a tip that helps you with the exact problem you’re working on in that moment.

Of course, nothing can ever replace the hard work of writing code and practicing. A few minutes a day doesn’t let you go deep on important topics in the same way that hours of practice does.

But instead of going deep on one thing, you’re able to go wide and shallow on lots of things.

You’ll still learn a ton, but different things, in a different way.