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Had a week where every line of code I wrote broke something new
Last Tuesday I spent 4 hours debugging a single typo in a CSS class name on my first HTML page, and by Friday I had accidentally deleted my entire database three times trying to fix it. Has anyone else had a week where every beginner mistake just snowballed like that?
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spencer7826d ago
See I kind of disagree with this narrative that it's all just bad luck or being cursed. Those three database wipes probably happened because you didn't have a backup strategy, not because the universe is out to get you. A single typo taking four hours means you might need to slow down and actually read your code instead of just blazing through it. I've made way more progress since I started treating every error message like a puzzle instead of a personal attack.
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holly_reed555d ago
Changed my whole mindset honestly. The puzzle thing actually works.
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nathan9015d ago
Made a typo in a CSS class name and spent an hour staring at it before I realized I was ALSO looking at the wrong line in the code. Triple checked my backup strategy right after that mess.
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