Developing on Solana is not for the faint-hearted.
The learning curve is steep, not because of complexity alone, but because there is no single coherent or up-to-date source of documentation. Instead, developers face a maze of outdated examples, deprecated APIs, and cross-version inconsistencies.

Most of the learning process becomes a cycle of trial and error — building, compiling, testing, and breaking again. Each step consumes precious minutes of compilation time, multiplied endlessly by the need to verify what still works and what no longer does. The result is an infernal rhythm of dead time and repetition, where progress often depends more on persistence than knowledge.

Solana’s architecture is powerful, but its ecosystem demands resilience.
Those who stay the course earn not just technical skill, but a kind of engineering patience forged by fire.