Solid projects? They start with your toolkit.

Before you write a single line of code, know your infrastructure inside out. Spend time with the core components—RPC nodes, block explorers, contract verification tools. Understanding how these pieces work together saves you hours of debugging headaches later.

Your workflow gets smoother when you're not fumbling through documentation mid-crisis. Map out your dev stack early. Test the tools. Break them if you can. That's how you build something that actually works.