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What Aspects of Coding Still Leave You Feeling Uncertain?

Despite experience, certain aspects of coding can be challenging. What specific syntax or concepts do you find most perplexing? How do you work on improving your understanding in those areas?

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Jason Ormes

Figuring out when to hunt for and use a library vs rolling my own feature is always my biggest pain point. Even after coding for more than 30 years.

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Calin Baenen

Cross-compiling.

Without several (virtual) machines, how the fuck am I supposed to compile my programs for other people? /rt
I literally can't even do the most basic ov things to make my program more accessible to the end-user.

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Oscar

ORM's, Django's ORM in particular. It makes sense, it's just... weird, if that makes any sense.

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