[mccoyb]

Try and use it for shit and play around with it — you’ll figure out where it sucks, where it is good by yourself.

Play with it — that’s the only way anyone masters anything.

Separate yourself from the results, be prepared to waste time, but try and have some fun and keep your eyes open.

[simonw]

Couldn't agree more. The only way to really get effective at using this stuff is to spend time with it, building up intuition about what it can and cannot do.

Playing with it is a great way to do that.

If there is something you are certain it won't be able to do, it's worth giving it a go anyway. Most of the time you will be right - and will still learn something new in confirming that and watching the way in which it fails. Very occasionally you'll be wrong and you will discover a new capability that surprises you.