Back then, I thought success in tech was measured by how many things you could list on your portfolio or how many tools you could mention in an interview.
If someone talked about a new framework, I felt behind. If a new trend hit the community, I felt anxious.

So, I chased everything, React, Angular, Vue, Next.js, Svelte, Tailwind, Express… and then the next BIG thing.
My bookmarks were full of tutorials, and my brain was full of half-learned concepts.

I wasn’t growing. I was just switching.

One night, while trying to build a simple personal project, I opened five tabs to compare which stack was “best.”
After an hour of indecision, I realized something: I was so busy learning about tools that I wasn’t learning how to actually use them.
It was exhausting.

That’s when it hit me, the real myth wasn’t that web developers needed to keep learning. The real myth was that we had to know everything to be good.

The truth is much simpler (and far more freeing):
You don’t need to know everything. You need to understand the why behind the things you already know.

Once I stopped obsessing over “what’s trending” and started understanding how the web works — the DOM, HTTP requests, state management, and user experience, everything changed.
Suddenly, new tools didn’t intimidate me anymore. They made sense. Because every new tool is just another way of solving an old problem.

That’s when my confidence started to grow. Not because I mastered every framework — but because I started to master the fundamentals that connected them all.

Now, when I see a new JavaScript library pop up, I no longer feel FOMO. I feel curiosity. I know I can learn it, because the core principles haven’t changed.

If you’re just starting out in web development(just like me). here's what i have learnt so far::

• Don’t try to learn everything at once.
• Don’t compare your learning speed to anyone else’s.
• Pick one stack, understand it deeply, and learn the concepts behind it.

You’ll move slower at first, but your growth will be solid and sustainable.
Frameworks evolve. Foundations endure.

At the end of the day, being a great developer isn’t about knowing everything — it’s about knowing enough to keep learning confidently.

What’s one web development myth you’ve stopped believing?