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There's a right and a wrong way to learn though. The wrong way, which is the one I most often see is: smash keys until it appears to work w/o every bothering to
by js2 3y ago
There's a right and a wrong way to learn though. The wrong way, which is the one I most often see is: smash keys until it appears to work w/o every bothering to try to understand the deeper problem or why some particular combination of key smashing appears to work. This becomes cargo culting over time. Stack Overflow and ChatGPT make this oh so much worse. Often the change then get committed with a useless message such as "make thing work" w/o any explanation of what was broken, what the change fixed, and why or how. It becomes instant tech debt.
The right way is to follow the scientific method. Collect data. Make a hypothesis with a plausible mechanism of action. Test the hypothesis. Arrive at a solution. Record how you arrived at your new found knowledge so that those who follow you understand why you made the change. The person who follows you is your future self as often as not.