The first real script I wrote that accomplished anything was a script that spammed a small forum I'd been a member of for years. It wasn't malicious, just a toy

The first real script I wrote that accomplished anything was a script that spammed a small forum I'd been a member of for years. It wasn't malicious, just a toy at the behest of a more experienced friend. The idea was that it'd teach me about HTTP and screen scraping. It sure did. It's been incremental steps all along the way to where I am now. Basically everything I've written has been done before by someone better than me, but who cares? It's not about WHAT you code, the benefit comes from the process of doing.