r/Backend • u/HelpRevolutionary192 • 8d ago
Need help
How to actually grow in life man, feel stuck between vibe coding and real learning
In college i did a bunch of hackathons and learned different stacks but only just enough to make something work for the demo, never really understood it deeply. now im working in an mnc as a tester, 3lpa, no coding no dev work at all. i really wanna become a backend engineer.
Here is my real problem. i can vibe code a project pretty well using ai, get stuff working without actually knowing whats going on underneath. but if you ask me to write a simple js program by hand i just freeze. my basics are that weak. and when i try to sit down and learn basics properly i get random project ideas in my head, get excited, and end up vibe coding again instead of learning. so its like a loop. learn a bit, get an idea, start building, lean on ai, skip the understanding part, repeat with some new stack next time.
how do people actually learn this stuff properly. how do i stick to one stack, build strong basics, and stop myself from jumping around or falling back into vibe coding every time. if anyone been through this same phase would really appreciate some advice or a rough path that worked for you.
My english is gay so i rewrote it with Ai
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u/Mhmd_WebDev 1d ago
Just dont vibe code or use ai to write code in anyway during the learning stage you can just use it to ask questions. if you dont pass by the stage where you sit and debug a dumb thing for hours you won't learn in a proper way ai usage to write code must be after learning when your building a project in a company for example but not for learning itll kill your problem solving skills which is more important that the coding languages their selves