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johnson.lee•22h ago

Burned 4 hours trying to fix a 'broken' Python script that only had a typo in a variable name

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finley939•2d ago

Spent 3 weeks putting semicolons after every single line because I thought that's what 'proper syntax' meant

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parker_campbell•3d ago

Overheard a kid at the Grand Rapids library say Python was 'too old' and I'm still thinking about it

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margaretf40•4d ago

Pro tip: my brother asked me why my code has so many blank lines and that one thing fixed my whole setup

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karenw90•5d ago

Just realized I used to write out every line of code by hand, now I lean on autocomplete way too much

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shane_ross•5d ago

Pro tip: a for loop is really just "do this thing X times," and it took a bedtime story for it to click

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carr.willow•6d ago

PSA: I thought copy pasting code from tutorials was cheating, then I spent 3 weeks stuck on a calculator project in my bedroom before my cousin in Fresno showed me her setup

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loganhart•7d ago

My uncle who did COBOL for 30 years said skip Python and learn C first, here is how that went

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derekthomas•8d ago

Waited 45 minutes at the DMV in Reno and the only thing I did was format my Python code with tabs instead of spaces

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william917•10d ago

My kid asked why I still type out every bracket by hand and I did not have a good answer

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river_hart18•11d ago

My first git merge went sideways and I almost lost 3 days of work

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jesse84•14d ago

Took a Python class at the library and wow, it actually clicked

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west.alice•20d ago

My coworker's one comment about variable names stuck with me for months

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charlesj46•21d ago

Why does nobody talk about learning Python with a physical notebook? It worked for me after 3 failed online courses

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dylan_green58•22d ago

A senior dev told me to stop 'fixing' code and I'm still salty about it

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