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Ask HN: How to get back into programming without AI?

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Re: Ask HN: How to get back into programming without AI?

#22

- Remove AI from your editor completely. - Start a project which is easy and fun for you,something you did when first learning to code. Text-based adventure game, or some silly little app that is just for fun. - Or take a new language or some aspect of coding, that you have only brushed over, but want to learn better, and learn it properly by doing coding exercises or some silly project that teaches you the syntax et…

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- Remove AI from your editor completely.

- Start a project which is easy and fun for you, something you did when first learning to code. Text-based adventure game, or some silly little app that is just for fun.

- Or take a new language or some aspect of coding, that you have only brushed over, but want to learn better, and learn it properly by doing coding exercises or some silly project that teaches you the syntax etc.

- Most importantly relearn how fun coding is

Re: Ask HN: How to get back into programming without AI?

#23
Earlier we used to walk... Then we invented wheels. Now we can fly! Doesn't mean we forget to walk? We just need to... walk...! I think its the same with AI. It offers us engineering productivity, so we go for it.

Now the problem I would face by doing this is, accomplishing less in more time, instead of accomplishing more in less time. I am not questioning why... but if we want to do things old school, I'd say don't restrict yourself from using AI to do mundane tasks like setting up the environment or writing tests..

You can still focus on writing the main business logic yourself. Read documentation, start off with the examples.. And play with mutations of function calls to explore the technology. Build a mental map of what you are trying to do! But type the logic out yourself. Write your first Class. Second will follow.. and third. !

I myself is an ADHD guy and that is how I start with. The first one is always difficult.

Re: Ask HN: How to get back into programming without AI?

#26
I get the feeling. But what I actually missed was the flow state, not the typing. Once I started using AI for the parts I don't enjoy (boilerplate, test setup, config files) and kept the design and architecture for myself, I got that feeling back. I'm coding more now than before AI, just spending my time on the interesting parts. Maybe try offloading the stuff you find yourself doing over and over that isn't that interesting

Re: Ask HN: How to get back into programming without AI?

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post #22

- Remove AI from your editor completely. - Start a project which is easy and fun for you,something you did when first learning to code. Text-based adventure game, or some silly little app that is just for fun. - Or take a new language or some aspect of coding, that you have only brushed over, but want to learn better, and learn it properly by doing coding exercises or some silly project that teaches you the syntax et…

Here's the bullet list of the above comment, properly formatted: - Remove AI from your editor completely. - Start a project which is easy and fun for you, something you did when first learning to code. Text-based adventure game, or some silly little app that is just for fun. - Or take a new language or some aspect of coding, that you have only brushed over, but want to learn better, and learn it properly by doing cod…

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    - Remove AI from your editor completely.
    - Start a project which is easy and fun for you, something you did when first learning to code. Text-based adventure game, or some silly little app that is just for fun.
    - Or take a new language or some aspect of coding, that you have only brushed over, but want to learn better, and learn it properly by doing coding exercises or some silly project that teaches you the syntax etc.
    - Most importantly relearn how fun coding is
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