Rant: My mechanic friend said my code looked like a car with no oil

He saw me trying to learn Python last week and pointed out I was just copying tutorials without understanding the logic. It made me realize I need to focus on the 'why' behind the syntax, not just the 'what'. How do you actually learn to think like a programmer?

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wade55816d ago

Yeah, my first few scripts looked like a car with no oil, no wheels, and the engine on fire. Try building something dumb that you actually want, it forces you to figure out the 'why'.

price.alice16d ago

Totally agree with building something dumb, that's how it clicked for me. Pick a tiny, pointless project, like a script that renames all your photos with the date, and just fight through it. You'll hit a wall, Google why your loop breaks, and that fix sticks way better than any tutorial. The struggle to make your own dumb idea work teaches you the 'why' faster than anything else.