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CraftJun 27, 20263 min

Consistency over intensity: a roadmap for learning to program

You don't learn to code in one heroic weekend. The real roadmap is almost boring: a little, every day, applied and repeated. A story about the 12-hour tutorial that taught me nothing.

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CraftJun 26, 20261 min

Stepping away from the keyboard is part of the work

Some problems don't get solved by typing harder. Real rest — a walk, some air, a coffee away from the screen — is a debugging tool, not wasted time.

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CraftJun 14, 20261 min

Code is read far more than it's written

Programming isn't typing. Most of the job is reading, interpreting, and probing code — including your own from last month — to understand a problem before you touch it.

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CraftJun 12, 20261 min

Clever code is a loan you repay with interest

The cleverest line you write today is the one you'll struggle to read in six months. Optimize for the reader, not for the satisfaction of being clever.

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