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This is awe inspiring. Programming is a hand-on activity, and the best way to learn programming is by doing it every day, in every way, till you can do it in your sleep.
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Paul Graham is gay -- is not derogatory unless you think being gay is wrong; it's simply factually inaccurate. Like saying, "Harry Potter is in Ravenclaw." Which is offensive if you have a prejudice against Ravenclaws.
>Like saying, "Harry Potter is in Ravenclaw." Well actually... In a certain really good HP fanfiction, Harry Potter is in fact a Ravenclaw. http://hpmor.com
Very inspiring. I think this reinforces the idea that regular practice every day (even if it's short practice) is often better than longer sessions done intermittently or spaced apart more widely (like once a week). Here's another example of the "daily practice" approach from a different domain. A self-taught designer callled Mike Winkelmann has been posting his "everydays" on his website. From his site's description…
did you track your hours?
what's next? build a course. get it on kickstarter. start freelancing. contact me. i'll hire you. :)
on a side note, i cannot believe some of things others have said. it's sad. what's worse, is the lack of moderation. don't let a few naysayers ruin what you've accomplished.
congrats again. cheers!
The entire journey is very inspiring. I wonder what she will do now that it's done? You could take this idea and run with it into other niches, like music or photography projects.
Or if you're really ambitious (also: independently wealthy), try a new niche each day. Must have been draining coming up with a new toy-size web project to do daily...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6097456
Wow. Kudos!
Very inspiring. I think this reinforces the idea that regular practice every day (even if it's short practice) is often better than longer sessions done intermittently or spaced apart more widely (like once a week). Here's another example of the "daily practice" approach from a different domain. A self-taught designer callled Mike Winkelmann has been posting his "everydays" on his website. From his site's description…
The difficult thing in writing web sites or apps isn't writing them, or writing a lot of them, it's is writing a polished, successful, end product people love. So I think having a goal to write a certain number is self defeating.
Very inspiring. I think this reinforces the idea that regular practice every day (even if it's short practice) is often better than longer sessions done intermittently or spaced apart more widely (like once a week). Here's another example of the "daily practice" approach from a different domain. A self-taught designer callled Mike Winkelmann has been posting his "everydays" on his website. From his site's description…
I agree with you, but keep in mind that Jennifer has mentioned that she spent 8-10 hours per day on this project.
Regardless, kudos to her--this is a great way to learn.