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> If you’re learning to program pretty much the best approach is to write and debug programs.

I'd argue the best way to learn is to read a lot of production-quality code to get a sense of structure and best practices in any given language.

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I’ve listened to 10,000 hours of piano music and I still can’t play anything

Debugging is the primary skill of a programmer. 90% of programming is fixing bugs, the other 10% is writing bugs.

Maybe the LLM is teaching debugging by giving bad examples :)

nkozyraOP1y ago

> I’ve listened to 10,000 hours of piano music and I still can’t play anything

I don't think this is a valid comparison. If you'd read 10,000 hours of sheet music I'd wager you'd know how to read music.

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I’ve listened to 10,000 hours of piano music and I still can’t play anything

Debugging is the primary skill of a programmer. 90% of programming is fixing bugs, the other 10% is writing bugs.

Maybe the LLM is teaching debugging by giving bad examples :)

nkozyraOP1y ago

> I’ve listened to 10,000 hours of piano music and I still can’t play anything

I don't think this is a valid comparison. If you'd read 10,000 hours of sheet music I'd wager you'd know how to read music.

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