The latest articles on DEV Community by Julius Ouko (@julius_ouko). https://dev.to/julius_ouko https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4016611%2F8b8e5baa-d514-42c5-ba29-65d230a14078.jpg https://dev.to/julius_ouko en Julius Ouko Sun, 05 Jul 2026 19:42:29 +0000 https://dev.to/julius_ouko/the-compass-1h41 https://dev.to/julius_ouko/the-compass-1h41 <p>There is this saying I heard that the compass was invented first before the clock. I have not confirmed if that is correct but for a fact I know that makes sense.</p> <p>I heard an interest to learn programming a while back, to be precise that was around 2023. First I learned to write HTML Markup, some CSS, then JavaScript. This is the web developer journey.</p> <p>I have come across many good tutorials but I have not been able to finish them. I reach somewhere in the middle and dive to do something esle.</p> <p>Over a span of years I hopped from programming languages and to date I can write simple programs in a couple of languages. That's not the whole point. The catch is I have no solid project or solution I have solved that I can showcase.</p> <p>Writing this article I have fully committed to learn Rust, I know this is the sign or the language I'll will be comfortable writing programs in compared to other tools that I've come across with.</p> <p>I signed up on dev some time back but never did anything here. I'll be sharing my journey as time goes by and the milestones I finish.</p> <p>I thought programming was heard, no just learn how to return values from a function and call it a day. If you do learn more than two concepts at a go it becomes hard. Again that applies to me writing is a way of talking to myself.</p> beginners