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kush sharma — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 19:29:02 +0000

I believe coding is a superpower.

It forces us to think logically and solve problems in real world using technology.

And its actually hard.

However, Andrew did a disservice when he attached a certain prefix in front of coding. It made it sound like coding is easy.

No, there's nothing to vibe about coding. It's a serious skill.

I'm not an AI hater. I use it daily. I've built tools using Next.js, react etc. using Claude. But that makes me feel like a fraud everytime.

That speed that Claude creates feels not earned because I don't understand majority of what its doing.

Well, today I decided to change that feeling.

I was looking to create my personal website in WordPress. But then i thought why not create it from scratch writing every line of code by hand without any boilerplate, the old school way.

I wrote my first html page around 2009. Since few years after that I've used wordpress and haven't written any html.

I thought this is a nice oppurtunity to go back to the basics again and refresh my memory, skills and gain confidence ultimately leading to understanding the code that AI tools produce.

Its a long journey and an audacious goal for me. But life is nothing but a series of challenges and this is going to be fun!

Starting tomorrow it will be Day 0.

Have you felt that feeling of being a fake using these AI tools?

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