Programming · by Can Arslan · 2026-09-28

The most ambitious part of learning debugging before coffee

Part of me wanted the fancy version with all the tools. The better version was boring: one notebook, one reminder, and a willingness to be clumsy with the playlist for a while.

> Tiny progress is still progress.

That line sounds cheesy, but it got me through the part where learning stopped feeling new.

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Maya Putri · 9 likes

What happened after the first week? I am curious whether coffee stayed easy. A little friction removed goes a long way.

Arif Hasan · 6 likes

Big fan of this approach. I care less about the perfect answer and more about repeatability.

Marco Conti · 15 likes

Thanks for making it less intimidating.

Diego García · 3 likes

Thanks, that actually helped.

Noah Campbell · 1 likes

The kindness in this post is lovely. The gentle part is easy to underestimate. I would love to see the benchmark numbers.

Elif Yılmaz · 0 likes

My wallet felt that.

Emma Tremblay · 1 likes

This feels like advice from a patient friend. Honestly, the simplest version wins for me.

Oliver Smith · 0 likes

This reminds me of something a friend in Mumbai mentioned. I would test it for 4 days before deciding.