My first program was just a blinking light, but now it's a whole weather app

Six months ago, I could only make a single LED blink on my Arduino in my bedroom. I followed a YouTube tutorial from 'Programming with Mosh' and felt stuck there. Last week, I finished a small Python app that pulls the local forecast for Boston and displays it. The big change was forcing myself to build one tiny new thing each day, even if it was just a single line of code. Has anyone else found a daily practice that finally made things click for them?

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the_lee4d ago

I mean, that daily grind works for some people, but it never stuck for me. I found I needed bigger weekend projects to really get into the flow and learn how things connect. Maybe it's just me but those small daily steps felt too broken up.

noahw534d ago

Ngl @the_lee, I get what you're saying about the flow on weekend projects. But those small daily steps are what build the foundation so the weekend work actually makes sense. Tbh, skipping the daily stuff left me just copying code without really knowing why it worked. You need both the little pieces and the big picture to connect everything properly.