i know i have a lot of dramatic freakouts on twitter about learning coding but its also getting fun, i've started to get enough intuition that i can now come up with things to try, or google more effectively. Its shortening question+answer feedback loop, which is super helpful
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like, before id put in a piece of code and run it and not deeply understand why it worked, even tho i got ppl to explain it to me. and i still don't, but i've done it enough times that im starting to recognize basic structures, and can change those structures successfully
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i feel like i'm starting to barely hit the level at which n00b-targeted answers on substack are useful for, finally. level 0, where even n00b answers carried a billion assumptions i didnt understand, was really hard
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I'm a late self-taught programmer. I remember that a lot of progress just felt like becoming better at knowing what to look for to solve a given issue.
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Sounds like you're starting to internalize the major functionality and structure of code, which is a critical first step. Most good or great programmers have internalized it to the point that it's instinctive.
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