I used to think you needed to be a math genius to code until a barista in Seattle changed my mind

I was working on a simple Python script at a coffee shop last Tuesday, and I must have looked stuck. The barista, who was wiping down the counter, just said, 'You know, I started learning by making a program that tells me when my sourdough is ready. It's just a timer with some if statements.' That one comment, about baking bread, made it click for me. I realized coding is just about breaking down everyday tasks into steps a computer can follow. Has anyone else had a moment where a totally normal example made programming seem way less scary?

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noah_sullivan18d ago

That barista and @fisher.diana are making a timer sound like rocket science.

fisher.diana18d ago

Breaking down everyday tasks" is exactly how I learned with my dumb coffee maker.