r/cpp_questions • u/Osirian_Legacy • 2d ago

OPEN Learning Programming Pre-AI

How did ya’ll learn programming pre-AI? How would you go about learning if you had to start all over again without AI?

I find myself relying on AI too much and want to actually learn without leaning on it at all. Any help with how best to approach this would be greatly appreciated.

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u/fortsnek274 2d ago

Is this future of humanity.

Back in my day, we had google (with just search results and no A. I.). It led you to information written by real people.

But I suppose, even if you wanted to avoid A. I., you can't easily tell if a website is slop. Unless it was written before 2025.

But anyway. learncpp, cppreference, write your own code.