His savings were running out. He lived in a small apartment in São Paulo, and the only thing he could afford in bulk was instant coffee. A proper JavaScript course cost more than his monthly rent.
For three years, Leo had been stuck in the "Tutorial Purgatory." He knew what a variable was. He could write a for loop in his sleep. But whenever he closed the coding tab and opened a text editor, his mind went blank. He couldn't build anything. His savings were running out