Someone asked me about this last week and I realized I should just write it down properly instead of explaining it in DMs for the hundredth time.
These questions come from real conversations — DMs, Discord, and occasionally shouted at me from across coffee shops. Answers are based on personal experience, not marketing materials.
What the documentation doesn’t tell you
The official docs cover the happy path. Real life is the unhappy path. Here is what actually happens when you try to follow the tutorial step by step — and how to handle the inevitable errors.
TL;DR: start simple, measure everything, iterate based on data not feelings. The MDN Web Docs, Node.js Docs docs are worth reading if you want to go deeper. Also worth checking: clawseo.net, agntwork.com.