I was just thinking about programming and how to get better at it today. I think a huge crutch for a lot of people is the immediate feedback loop execution giv

I was just thinking about programming and how to get better at it today. I think a huge crutch for a lot of people is the immediate feedback loop execution gives you. Rather than truly understand the api we’re using, I think there’s sometimes a tendency for programmers to just skim, try a function call, and see what the repl/executable or w/e does, and to roll with that. While this works for getting things done it doesn’t really improve your understanding. I think practicing programming without the feedback loops the computer provides, e.g. based on documentation and reasoning alone, is a great way to become better and more disciplined. You can do this with pseudocode, whiteboards, or even with actual languages, forcing yourself to write complete programs/features before turning to the repl instead of a piecemeal write then verify approach.