Are you asking how to become tech savvy on the cheap, how to become a maker/modder, how to get into computer reverse engineering, or how to crack other people’s stuff?
The answer to all of those I guess is: practice taking stuff apart and putting it back together. Start small and work your way up. Learn techniques that work for you, ask others when you need help.
Once you’re comfortable with that, start taking stuff apart, changing it slightly, and putting it back together. Over time, expand on the modifications. Document everything and build up a toolkit. Eventually, you’ll be able to analyze a situation and know where to look to tweak something to make things work the way you want.
All of that takes time and patience, and often things break or don’t work as well as they did when you started. Growing from that is the important bit.
Expensive books? Not necessary until you’re looking for very specific information that’s a trade secret. At that point you can evaluate whether they’re worth the cost for the result.
I’m confused about what’s being asked here.
Are you asking how to become tech savvy on the cheap, how to become a maker/modder, how to get into computer reverse engineering, or how to crack other people’s stuff?
The answer to all of those I guess is: practice taking stuff apart and putting it back together. Start small and work your way up. Learn techniques that work for you, ask others when you need help.
Once you’re comfortable with that, start taking stuff apart, changing it slightly, and putting it back together. Over time, expand on the modifications. Document everything and build up a toolkit. Eventually, you’ll be able to analyze a situation and know where to look to tweak something to make things work the way you want.
All of that takes time and patience, and often things break or don’t work as well as they did when you started. Growing from that is the important bit.
Expensive books? Not necessary until you’re looking for very specific information that’s a trade secret. At that point you can evaluate whether they’re worth the cost for the result.