It is pretty much... the "???" would be logic.
Logic and/or learning.
In my case, it was
1. Notepad
2. Ctrl+O
3. Select someone elses script
4. Read
5. Copypaste small sections that will be useful
6. Goto 2 until sufficient knowledge acquired
7. Bug NiXiLL
8. Make something useless
9. Goto 7/8/or continue on a 35/60/5 chance.
10. Release some minor but vaguely useful thing
11. Masturbate furiously
12. Goto 7