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Shoutout to the guy at the Denver library code jam who told me to just start building
I was stuck for weeks trying to learn Python by just reading a book, making zero progress. At the library event last month, this guy named Mark saw me staring at a blank screen and said, 'Pick a tiny project, like a number guessing game, and code it until it breaks.' I spent the next three hours googling errors and actually got something to run. How do you guys get past the 'reading about code' phase and into actually making stuff?
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jana_lewis165mo ago
Mark's advice is good but I mean it's just one library event, not a life changing thing.
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logan2635mo ago
That library event Jana mentioned is a perfect example. We treat small community stuff like it's nothing, then wonder why our towns feel empty. It's the Saturday farmers market, the free concert in the park, the little league game. You skip them because they're not "big," but those are the exact things that build a place worth living in.
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