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Re:Don't spend 6mins doing it by hand when you can spend 6h ... by tra3 on Thursday December 09, 2021 @01:42PM (#29501212)
Yeah, I have/had the same problem. I've started using spaced repetition to retain what I've done.

Check this out, spaced repetition for learning how to code: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kshXDo8psj8

Essentially, every time you encounter friction with something you write it down in Anki.

Anki then takes care of presenting the information to you based on how well you're able to recall.

After confusing Array.prototype.slice() and Array.prototype.splice() one too many times, I finally added it to Anki. I don't confuse them anymore.

Re:Don't spend 6mins doing it by hand when you can spend 6h ... by rtsil on Thursday December 09, 2021 @10:41PM (#29506148)
Thanks for the recommendation, this is exactly the type of things I need. It suspect it will even be useful for my music theory learning!