Programming is like creating music, not playing it. There are no primitive building blocks to this complex skill. Each “building block” like math, abstract thi

Programming is like creating music, not playing it. There are no primitive building blocks to this complex skill. Each “building block” like math, abstract thinking, reasoning etc - is a complex thing in itself. So if you want to get better at writing music, you have to write more music. There’re no short cuts or cheat codes to mastery, sorry.