Ask HN: Haven't worked for a while, best guide/advice to start a hobby project?

I'm in a weird place. I used to work as a developer but never thought I was that great. Most of my jobs were small features, fixing bugs, etc. Honestly I was quite lazy and coasted somehow. I’m trying to change all of that now. I feel like I'm behind 'bootcamp grads' because they can actually push deploy real code. I have a bunch of hobby project ideas, for example one tries to use the Spotify API and the MapBox API, but every time I start I get overwhelmed with what stack I should use, and how to actually get a ‘real’ application out. It’s hard to explain. I have a lot of anxiety and analysis paralysis about this. I’m hoping for some great resources to actually build something and learn at the same time, so I can get my confidence up and actually get some MVPs going so I can ‘learn by doing’. I feel like every tutorial I look at either: 1. Starts out great, explaining stuff but then becomes outdated/frustrating by the end (ex: https://www.smashingmag