Come up with a pet project and code a prototype in the language you're interested in (or, more generally, using the set of tools you're interested in). If you like what you experience, extend the project, solving more difficult problems, step by step deepening your knowledge.
Domain names will still work when Google is gone. Domain names work for users who don't use Google or another search engine to type in their domain names.
Suggestion 1: try to steal time from your day job to work on your dream.
Suggestion 2: be creative and think of alternative ways of financing your startup work that are less demanding of your time. For example, find a job that pays better so you can save more for later when you want to start your enterprise.
1) I'm not even going to entertain that one. I'm doing this the right way.
2) That's a good point. I have considered looking at the funding route but with being so close to launch it feels like I'm wasting equity when all I need to do is just temporarily put aside these emotions and keep on trucking.
For point 1) I don't think they necessarily have to be mutually exclusive. If there is a new tech that would be useful to learn for both work and side project, then try to get a chance to learn it on work time.
