Update: My brother told me to just copy-paste code from GitHub to learn Python

I did that for a month and now my project is a mess of errors I don't understand. Anyone else get really bad advice when they started out?

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logansullivan1mo ago

Oof, that's a classic way to end up with a broken project.

theamason1mo ago

Saw a blog post that basically agrees with you, @logansullivan.

phoenixp301d ago

Ngl, that's rough buddy. I had the same thing happen when I tried to learn CSS by just copying snippets from random tutorials. @theamason is right that there's been a ton of bad advice floating around blogs lately, and it's frustrating when you think you're making progress but really you're just digging a deeper hole. Honestly, the best thing you can do is start over with a tiny project and type every single line yourself, even if it feels slow.