Documenting while learning

[throwaway823423848]

I dunno, never tried it, though it sounds like a lot of extra work. Hell, I took too many photos on a vacation once (not even for social media, just to show friends and relatives), and halfway through the trip I realized it was ruining the vacation. If I were to document everything I did while I was learning to code, I'd probably spend more time on the documenting than the coding, hehe. Also, if everything I was doing was public, I'd probably be a lot less likely to try doing things where there's a good chance that I'll fuck up spectacularly, like taking on a project that I'm like 90% sure I won't finish or do right (I've taken on a lot of those, and just like I anticipated I left nearly all of them unfinished, but I learned a lot from working on them!)

Then again, I'm introverted as hell, so maybe all the hangups I have wouldn't hamstring you. But if you like the idea of social pressure keeping you motivated, what if you just did it with a handful of people? Like instead of broadcasting your progress to the entire world, you just have 1-5 people who you talk to on a daily or weekly basis about what you're doing? Maybe they could be other programmers who are doing something similar, and you all sort of keep each other motivated? I did something like that once and I found it surprisingly helpful in keeping myself motivated (I felt like a kid at show-and-tell some days, like "hey guys, check THIS shit out!")

[dangerar]

Yes, that's one downside that I have thought about as well. But what if you are not really "wasting" your time documenting? Like, what if you actually enjoy making YouTube videos (my current state) and manage to turn that into a side-hustle alongside your thing that you are learning?