Programming

A bit offtopic, but it's relevant.

My first attempt to learn to code was more than a decade ago with python. I went through the basics, and decided to start a small project to practice. At the time python didn't really have too many applications apart from automating tasks (before Hugo, flask, etc), so what did I think up? To make an automated propositional logic theorem prover. You input a formula, it tells you whether it's a tautology or not.

Great idea, there are some relatively simple algorithms we've learned for pen and paper, it doesn't seem too hard, etc. After a month I learned that it's an extremely complex problem with billions invested in solving it because it's directly relevant to PCB manufacturing.

That attempt failed horribly, and it took me a few more years and attempts before I found a good method. Web dev was actually crucial because I had direct feedback on simple logic.

So if you're anything like me, make a blog from scratch or something else that's actually simple, but gives you immediate visual feedback. And just to be clear, I ended up absolutely hating frontend, but it was a great stepping stone.