Good on you for doing this. Coders need all the resources they can get, especially if they are coding for free. It interests me how little appreciation there is of the skill that goes into producing the graphical tools that we use to show the world how clever we are.
I think you are mastering python scripting and that must be a good thing. Something I have been thinking about again recently is the 'infinite zoom' effect.
This is not just a scripting exercise but was a collaboration between an unknown number of people. It's a series of 'frames' but how they merge is the difficult part. I'm testing some automated ways of achieving similar results. If I discover anything significant Gimp Chat will be the first to know.