thanks for your replay, I must read through the whole feed you sound me, it looks fun haha
Some essential building blocks I'd say are understanding C, assembly, and the computer science of how binary is handled.
Sorry for wasting your time with my answer though - nostr:npub1235tem4hfn34edqh8hxfja9amty73998f0eagnuu4zm423s9e8ksdg0ht5 says I'm "not technical" and no one wants my input, but not many people had answered you already, so I figured I might as well. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzq4rghnhtwn8rtj6pw0wvn96tmkkfaz22wjln638ee29h24rqtj0dqyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kytcpz4mhxue69uhkg6t5w3hjuur4vghhyetvv9usqgrxpgckpvuvk5s8lyazsd7pu6jzgxtquk7fdhtsaw8kqfxhkyt9rvg86c6j
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The thread branches off so many times it's impossible to follow. I archived parts of it into this screenshot and this video 
https://video.nostr.build/315abb03b242d2e94756edcbb2437ef47c948e51dc82eae7f9341494578206cf.webm