You can't learn a programming language without a real project
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difference between taking a, taking a class and doing what you're doing now is the, I'm a firm believer that you will, that you cannot learn a language, a programming language that you are not coding in for an active
Episode 238: Podherpes (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:49:44 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
Talking with guest Barry about learning to code, Dave says the difference between taking a class and building something is everything. You can't learn a language you aren't actively coding in for a meaningful project. Real learning happens by osmosis when you're intimate with a project and find yourself in the code all the time.
Not in the audio. Guest episode (Barry Luijbregts; 0.35 threshold). In this segment Dave is interviewing Barry about his vibe-coding project (he asks the follow-up questions), so these Dave-labeled runs fit the host.
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Episode 238: Podherpes (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:56:38 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
something that you're, when you have a project that you're intimate with and you just find yourself in the code all the time.
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