[tlavoie]

Thanks for the update! I find myself in a similar boat for small projects.

One approach that I have found useful is to make sure that any stored data is in a form that is approachable from a portable standpoint, not coupled tightly to any one language. It's also helped if I want to try re-implementing some existing solution, because I have that known data as a starting point for comparing what I know with what I want to learn.