Buying 5 courses and finishing none of them counts as learning" is the funniest lie we all tell ourselves. I've got a bookmark folder full of tutorials that's basically a graveyard at this point. The trick for me was realizing that reading about code feels productive but it's really just procrastination with extra steps. You already found the answer though, writing ugly scripts that break teaches you way more than a $60 book ever will.

Ugh, been there with the green cast, that's usually a white balance thing you can fix in post but it won't bring back the data the filter ate. Honestly for LED streetlights you need a different filter or you're just stuck driving to dark skies like the rest of us.

Been there! I'd rather lose playing than win teaching.