Re:Challenging projects every programmer should try
by hurril on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @03:34AM
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You're making a strawman here, based on a very much false dichotomy. The things you list here are all very important.
But something you learn from writing a larger piece of software yourself is that you get to appreciate complexity and "bulk" (for lack of a better term) that you yourself created. You get to ask yourself questions like:
Is all this code needed? (Why is it 400 lines to do X?!)
Why did this get so involved/ complicated?!
How do I progress (eat the elefant)? Can I (teach myself to) make small iterative units of progress every day, for instance?
These kinds of katas are very very useful for a 5-7 year beginner (which I use as a label of respect - the longer we can remain beginners, the longer we learn with an open attitude!)
But something you learn from writing a larger piece of software yourself is that you get to appreciate complexity and "bulk" (for lack of a better term) that you yourself created. You get to ask yourself questions like:
Is all this code needed? (Why is it 400 lines to do X?!) Why did this get so involved/ complicated?! How do I progress (eat the elefant)? Can I (teach myself to) make small iterative units of progress every day, for instance?
These kinds of katas are very very useful for a 5-7 year beginner (which I use as a label of respect - the longer we can remain beginners, the longer we learn with an open attitude!)