Your Coding Teacher

Don't wait for the perfect conditions to start learning programming Because that day will never come.

"Religious wars" in programming: - Vim vs Emacs vs IDE - Python vs Java vs Go vs ... - Tabs vs Spaces - HTML is a programming language ... - ... See them for what they are: tools to solve tasks. Don't waste your time in this sort of "debates". And use Vim.

"Coding is the new literacy." — Naval Ravikant

One of the worst habits when you are learning to code is not to code because "you're not feeling it" Go and write something short, quick or easy. It doesn't matter. What is important is to keep the good habits.

Unpopular opinion: Good programmers hate to code.

The "paradox of clean code": The easier it is to read it, the harder it is to write it

Usain Bolt trained 20 years to run 100 meters faster than anyone But you can't spend spend a few hours learning programming to get a good job?

You don't "never code" because you think programming is hard You think programming is hard because you never code

You're not unmotivated, you are undisciplined

It's ok to love frontend development and say that HTML is not a programming language

The best developers I have worked with learned coding on their own, rarely at college

30 minutes of coding will do more for your skills than 3 hours of watching tutorials

People who write "if(x == true)" deserve a special place in hell

Good developers teach you. Great developers let you teach them.

Less code is better than more

The worst mistake a developer can make is trying to be "smart".

Productivity is negatively correlated with your number of open tabs

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Don't care about learning 20 programming languages. Learn 2-3, but learn them well.

The only difference between you and a "software developer" is the ability to write code consistently for 6 months.