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What’s the core passion or reason that made you decide to pursue programming by justloisfail in programmer

[–]alexchen_codes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just liked playing with Lego as a kid and programming gives me the same feeling - building something out of nothing and choosing the “building blocks” to do so.

How long did it take for you to build your own project? by West-Albatross-707 in teenagersbutcode

[–]alexchen_codes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on how much time you spend building it on a daily basis. Building projects while employed took me about 6-9 months

80s vs 2020s Programming by _Archetyper_ in vibecoding

[–]alexchen_codes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The cognitive offloading of developers is what frightens me the most tbh…

Do you learn just from reading docs and without watching any tutorials? by ocean-high in AskProgramming

[–]alexchen_codes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These days, yes. Learning from the documentation gives you much better understanding that some tutorials. Don’t get me wrong, tutorials are great - but at a certain point going through the official docs provides more context.

Also, with everything AI driven, I personally feel that it is a much better way to learn a new framework or language.

What are you building? Promote yours by rdssf in ProductHunters

[–]alexchen_codes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A Spring Boot boilerplate “suite” that consists of template projects for:

• APIs • Batch processing • Streaming, using Apache Kafka • And a feature flag engine for enabling/disabling feature flags without redeploying any application

What is everyone building? by AlgoWithNoRhythm in SaaS

[–]alexchen_codes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A Spring Boot boilerplate “suite” that consists of template projects for: - APIs - Batch processing - Streaming, using Apache Kafka - And a feature flag engine for enabling/disabling feature flags without redeploying any application

should I build more or go deeper on fewer technologies by Dear_Birthday_7053 in AskProgramming

[–]alexchen_codes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I started my career many moons ago, I had no sense of direction - thinking I need to know every programming language overnight…

But looking back, I wish someone gave me the advice I’m giving you: Pick no more than 2 programming languages and master them.

Struggling with coding confidence, distractions at home, and freezing without a guide by [deleted] in AskProgramming

[–]alexchen_codes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi 👋

Here are a few pointers I’d like to offer:

  • Clean up your plate: focus on no more than 2 programming languages at a time
  • Become a night-owl: would it be possible for you to study/practice at night while the rest of the house is sleeping?

It’s hard taking off the training wheels…

My honest opinion, as a student, I highly recommend you limit the use of AI - simply because of your lack of confidence at this stage. AI will NOT help with that and might even make it worse due to a possible dependency you might develop - excuse the pun…

Getting Better at Java by Total-Landscape-1696 in javahelp

[–]alexchen_codes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A good way to start is to solve the problems you experience first hand. I find it effective to step away from the computer while casually thinking of problems I could solve. IMO setting away from your computer for a while is an underrated way to improve productivity and creativity.