Fill up however many mugs you’re gonna make with milk, then when pouring the milk into a pot to heat, leave about an ounce of milk in every mug. Pour a packet of hot chocolate powder into each cup and mix, using a spoon to grind the powder against the sides of the cup, until you have a smooth sludge in the bottom of each cup. Stir the milk often so there’s no film, and when it starts to bubble vigorously, pour and stir in the mugs.
I confess that I believe this is the only way to make hot chocolate, and you can keep your water-based hot chocolate the fuck out of my life.
Heavy cream heated in a pot. When it is warm break chocolate bars 4-5 depending on the servings (1 bar per serving), splash of vanilla, pinch of salt. Stir until all melted into the cream.
As far as wanting to learn, and accepting that it’s challenging, I figure all the well known coding guys/gals had to start exactly where I’m at. All my success lies mostly in just practicing everyday.
Maybe in the long run it’ll be a good thing I decided to become well-versed in multiple programming languages.