Rebuild the same small project with a new tool

Once you've built something small and it works, don't move straight to a new idea. Rebuild that exact same small project using a different tool instead. Because you already know what the finished result should look like, you can focus entirely on how the new tool gets you there.

I've done this exact exercise with tools I was deciding between, and the difference showed up faster than I expected. This comparison teaches you something a single project never could: what each tool is actually good at, where it struggles, and which one fits your own habits better. That's knowledge you can't get from reading a comparison article, only from doing the same task twice with different tools.

Try this today: pick one small thing you've already built and rebuild it using a different tool than the one you used the first time. Notice where the new tool made things easier and where it made things harder. That difference is worth more than any review you could read.