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Programmer questions learning value of coding by breaking things

A user on Mastodon is questioning the effectiveness of learning programming and theoretical concepts through hands-on coding and debugging. They express doubt that the process of building and maintaining existing codebases truly leads to academic knowledge or deep clarity on programming principles. The user suggests that while it involves pattern recognition and debugging, it may not foster a true understanding of the underlying 'why' behind coding decisions. AI

RANK_REASON User opinion on a social media platform about a general topic, not a specific event or release.

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Programmer questions learning value of coding by breaking things

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    do you actually learn anything about the # PLTheory or # programming by developing a working and existing coebase ? I am beginning to doubt this learning by bre

    do you actually learn anything about the # PLTheory or # programming by developing a working and existing coebase ? I am beginning to doubt this learning by breaking things pedagogy , yes its pattern recognition, rote labor and debugging by # rtfm , but does it qualify as academi…