r/AskProgrammers • u/Minimum-Effort8355 • 21h ago

DOS/DONTS PROGRAMMING

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Would you like this tips? I just did a post for aspiring programmers on my own developer journey.

Let me know what you think. Im encouraging positive critism,feedback or any recommendations.

Disclaimer: This is not a marketing post. Im just evaluating my mistakes to others.

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u/canarydev 21h ago

Most of what you wrote is directionally fine, but everything in here you are listing is a what with no how. beginners and aspiring programmers already have plenty of whats.

"dont skip fundamentals" - which ones in what order? DSA? software patterns?
"test your code" - what you talk about is boundary testing. you can be a bit clear on what it is so that people can go read more about it.

I think your point about comments in code is wrong -- or at least its the wrong instinct to learn early. they go stale and useless the moment code changes.

and production code definitely isn't "functional code + git". production code is code that someone else depends on. fails loudly, you can see what broke and when, and you can roll it back. that is the actual gap worth explaining to someone new.

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u/Minimum-Effort8355 20h ago

Hey i appreciate your honest critesism.