Programming is a lot like going to the gym I started learning programming and something interesting clicked for me. Coding feels very similar to going to the gym. People often focus on the newest trends: new frameworks, new tools, new technologies. But progress actually comes from repetition. Writing code. Breaking things. Fixing them. Doing it again. Just like in fitness, the basics build the real strength. You can’t skip squats and deadlifts. And in programming you can’t skip: Loops. Conditions. Logic. Practice. Tools evolve, but fundamentals don’t. Sometimes I wonder if modern development focuses too much on tools and not enough on raw coding practice. What do you think? #programming #coding #javascript #softwareengineering
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This really captures something important about how we develop as programmers. The core problem-solving skills we build through repetition definitely outlast whatever framework happens to be popular at the moment.