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Programming · by Paolo Garcia · 2026-09-01

What would you do first if you were new to Programming with limited time?

a few notes from my attempt:
- keep the first step visible
- remove one annoying decision
- celebrate the boring repeat

My current rule is simple: if it takes less then 8 minutes to prepare I am much more likely to keep doing it.

I started this because my lunch break felt a little stuck, and learning seemed like a manageable place to experiment. The funny part is that the smallest change was the one I kept

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Mateo Cruz · 2 likes

The safe answer is to keep the API boring: clear names, explicit errors and one behavior per function. My only addition is to make the first step visible