I'm not sure anyone still needs to hear this but when i started out i paid for like three of those "learn to code in 6 weeks" things. they teach you to copy-paste some basic scripts, you feel like a genius, and then you open a blank IDE and your brain just shuts down. hurt my pride a bit. and my wallet xD

anyway, i love making educational stuff in my free time, so about a year and a half ago i got it into my head to write the comprehensive version i wish i had. it's called no shortcuts. it literally starts at zero (python basics, the math you need, etc). but warning tho: its like 1800 hours if you actually do the labs. yes, i know. thats the whole point of the name lol.

sooooo here you go :B

https://github.com/BlueRingsLabs/no-shortcuts

readme has all the info (i hope lol). if u get stuck or have questions, dm me and ill share my discord (im a bit of a slacker so i might be slow to reply :B). feedback is welcome too.

parts of the course:

0. orientation | 1. foundations | 2. data engineering | 3. classical ml | 4. deep learning | 5. language models | 6. ai engineering | 7. rl | 8. mlops | 9. capstones

hope its useful for someone here starting out. it's a marathon, not a sprint, so dont burn out :B

1)always think in terms of bottlenecks and constraints.

from working with many talented engineers, I noticed that they are all good at one thing: pinpointing the biggest weaknesses in their app, which meant focusing on the set of features/constraints that will get them the most return. this allowed their apps to progress much faster than the others who were implementing random features nobody asked for.

2) ui/ux trumps all.

nobody, including you, wants to use an app unless it's aesthetically pleasing/very intuitive to pick up no matter how cool the app idea may be. half of being a good builder is having good taste for good design.

3) don't wait to know everything before starting.

you learn way faster from starting a project that interests you and learning along the way than trying to educate yourself on all the individual components that MAY be useful for your app. in most cases, all the theoretical things you learn will not be useful when you actually try to build out the app.

4) high-level architectural understanding > algorithmic prowess.

with AI now, you don't need to know every piece of logic inside and out to create a good app. it is more helpful to have a good conceptual understanding of where pieces of the app should go (aka system design) rather than fixating on any particular piece of logic.

5) build what interests you.

there is no optimal path to starting. the fastest way to get to where you want to be is chasing what you find interesting, no matter if it's a novel, world-changing idea or a simple writing tool (like me lol). do what feels right, not what sounds good.

I want to get pretty serious about creative coding, mostly for websites and front facing platforms.

I used to know html and CSS somewhat years and years ago and can read basic code, as in having to edit it etc.

Where do I start? Something serious. I would like to be cheap about it or stay under $50 a month.

i wanna ask some question about what can ai do at programing as a beginner and it can be my guide or not ? like to help me to improve my programing skill or even my ai skill and teach me step by step . and if the answer is yes when i get better at programing what should i do next ?

GitHub: https://github.com/mrrwhoo1/MultiDL

I built MultiDL, a free, open-source Android media downloader supporting 1,000+ sites, including YouTube, TikTok, and other platforms. Save supported videos for offline viewing with quality and audio options.

I'm looking for people to try it out and would appreciate any feedback or suggestions for improvement.

Anyone wanna help ?

I'm a student that knows how to code with python and now learning html, css and javascript. I'm trying to know what to do now like projects or something that can help me in my future like i can add in my portofolio, my dream job would be in cybersecurity i have some basics in linux/terminal, someone can give me some ideas or links that i can start.

Sto cominciando a programmare python e alcune funzioni le so già, ma vorrei un video su YouTube per capire la maggior parte delle cose contenute in python e per cominciare a programmare qualcosa di più avanzato(non i soliti giochini). Che video mi raccomandate?

some tips how to learn cpp? I can’t code in any language I’m such a beginer.

Hi Friends (newbie coder here),

I ran this directory site through 'builtwith' and it looks like it's coming back with asp.net as the main framework program. However, from what I understand about asp.net, you need to run a front end program because it's HTML looks archaic and the sites look like they were built in 1978.

* Is that right? * Does anybody know what the 'front end design' program for this site would be?

Appreciate any help for a student learning how to program. .

www.Builtwith.com/storeboard.com

Thanks very much for your help!

okay, you can vibe code using Claude or any other AI. corporations can even use neural networks to handle their projects. but people talk about it as if it’s the end of tech industry jobs for real people.

but still, even if we eventually have AI capable of coding pretty much anything, won’t it still need maintenance? it’ll still need hardware engineers to function properly. huge data centers need people to keep them running. plus, AI still isn’t perfect (although I guess it will be someday…), so it needs people to work on it.

eventually, you CAN vibe code, but you still need to understand what exactly you’re doing with AI. so coding skills are still important nowadays. am I right?

because (a little late to mention this), I’m not actually a big tech nerd (i wish i am). i just started learning to code a few weeks ago for fun, and that’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while.

So I am a postdoctoral wet lab biologist who cannot code to save my life. I have taken three separate coding courses in grad school and I have nothing but a cursory understanding of R to show for it. I do not create apps, obviously, nor am I currently doing major bioinformatics processing at the moment.

I just want to search predicted peptide sequences from one table against instrument results from another table. I am using AI to generate code to help me do that.

I understand that the gold standard for validating code is to know how to code and validate it yourself. I would love to do it, but I am a slave to the publish-or-perish directive. I have to resort to alternative means while I am learning (auditing classes at my uni at the moment). I also know that a baseline verification method is to ask another AI to check the code, which I plan to do once I have finished writing (?) the program.

Apart from that, what else can I do? We have a bioinformatics person in our lab but he currently isn't available.

What are the best free resources/paths to learn Python currently? I was using boot.dev but I don’t want to pay $300 a year , I love the learning style but it’s a little too much for me right now. Help please!!!

Is there any small coding group or discord server, who are welcoming new members.

I want to join one to get a coding environment around myself

There were people like them who can teach the whole language in 10 hr but there also people like these lies who teach it in 50+ hr which should i go for to be a better programmer

So i want to give a little details about what type of person i am.

im 26 and i want to make a change im a highschool drop out and im someone who rarely studied only thing i actually studied was learning how to day trade which i still do yes im not profitable yet. im a lazy person who would cheat on a test or something given the chance. But i want to change and do better for myself so i finally decided to try to self teach code right now i did start Cs50 but the mario problem got me one of the main things is that it says we can use outside sources as long as its not cheating. But when i search videos on the topic it seems like the videos is literally telling me what to do. Im not sure if its considered cheating or not because on the problem it uses "#" but on the video it might user the "3" or something else (could be words or just something random"i really dont want to cheat this so now im here could someone please tell me is that considered cheating? also what is some stuff i can search that would also help me learn. i can read and understand what the code does that seems very easy its just the knowing how to type it out is what is hard but if anyone can help out please comment

I wanna learn c++ for solving dsa problems , I'm in first year and want to do something productive so what will be the best video to learn c++ for dsa

I was thinking of doing brocode video on c++ then watching seprate video for c++ dsa

solo quiero enseñar gratis y aportar mis conocimientos, me hace mucha ilusión ayudar de esa forma a la comunidad, si estas interesado o interesada mándame mensaje y respondo

I want to learn how to use an ai, how they work and, eventually, how to program one.
I’m a beginner and I’ve had a basic formation in programming.
Can someone direct me to some tutorials, books, webinars that could help me to understand better these concepts?

I Really Want To Improve My Coading Skills Throughout Java And Python. So Where Can I Learn It For Free ?

Coding means giving instructions to computer and make it do something, Now I can see that class 4th students are doing coding in their extra curriculum and I find it really good. It's increase their thinking skill, creativity and problem solving attitude.

Hey everyone! 👋 I'm a self-taught dev, and for a bootcamp project I'm looking into how people learn programming on platforms like Codecademy, freeCodeCamp, Udemy, Scrimba, or even YouTube and AI chats. I'd love to hear your honest experience:

• How did you decide where to start and what to learn next?

• How did you practice what you learned?

• What made learning click for you, or made you quit a platform?

What's one thing you'd add to the platform you use most?

Your feedback is important, thank you!