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Such a thing is currently languishing as my #3 side project.

The idea is a curated directory of topical resources that takes into account what you already know, and what you'd like to learn.

E.g. the "Scala" topic may take into your self-assessed familiarity with the "Java" and "functional programming" topics to omit the learn-programming-with-Scala links and jump straight to the Scala-for-programmers links.

The content exists only as curated links to external sites with a well-written summary and sundry taxonomic information. User submissions will be welcome, but reviewed and catalogued before being published.

A small recommendation shall operate as well. If you've given yourself a 2 (out of 3) for "JavaScript" and have flagged an interest in "Statistics" then it'll recommend and tailor the "Data Visualization" page for you to include only the relevant links for your level.

This came about after witnessing the dozens of "What language should I learn?" and "How can I start ____?" threads that pop-up on Reddit, here, and various other forums.

Sorry I don't have a link for you right now, but just wanted to let you know you're not alone in missing a resource like this!




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