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๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ?

You might be thinking, 'Programming looks so complicated!' or 'I could never understand coding.' But let me share a secret that will change how you see programming forever.

Have you ever thought about how buying medicine is actually like programming? Every time you follow a prescription, you're unknowingly using the same logic that computers use!

When you go to a pharmacy, you're following a simple algorithm. If you find all your medicines at the first store - great! That's like a simple, straight-line program. But life isn't always that straightforward, is it?

Sometimes the first pharmacy doesn't have everything you need. What happens next? Simple - you decide to try another pharmacy! Just like a computer choosing a different path when Plan A doesn't work out. And if that one doesn't have everything either, you keep going until you find all your medicines. That's exactly what we call a 'loop' in programming!

This is why programming isn't as alien as it might seem. We're already natural programmers in our daily lives - we make decisions, follow conditions, and repeat actions until we achieve our goals. The only difference is that in programming, we're just writing these natural behaviors in a language that computers can understand.

So next time you think programming is too complex, remember: if you can follow a prescription and buy medicines, you already understand the core concepts of programming!

https://blog.skillhero.tech/how-to-learn-a-programming-language-effectively/

Hot sauce if you're wrong - web dev trivia for staff engineers

Hot sauce if you're wrong ยท web dev trivia for staff engineers (Chris vs Jeremy, Leet Heat S1.E4)

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Contestants must answer rapid-fire questions across the full stack of modern web development. Get it right, earn points. Get it wrong? The spice level goes up!

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