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CS50P Progress — Day 3

Prachi Verma — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:56:31 +0000

Today I completed one more problem set from CS50P Week 3.

Alongside that, I started exploring some AI problems, including the water jug problem, the N Queens problem, and the 8puzzle problem.

This was my first exposure to thinking about problems in terms of states, constraints, and search rather than just writing code.

Prachi Verma — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:13:44 +0000

Today I worked on CS50P Week 4 and solved two of the problem sets.

These problems required applying lecture concepts.
I learned about pyfiglet module and emoji library

I’ll continue with the remaining problem sets next.

Do you usually read documentation thoroughly first, or refer to it only when you get stuck?

Prachi Verma — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 05:23:46 +0000

I’ve started Week 4 of CS50P(Harvard’s Introduction to Programming with Python) and completed the lecture.

This week introduces Python libraries, APIs, JSON, and creating modules and packages. I haven’t completed the problem sets yet that’s my next step.

I completed CS50P weeks 0–3 last month, and I’m now moving into the more applied parts of the course.

I’ll be posting day-wise updates here to track my progress.

Question: How do you usually practice working with APIs in Python when you’re just starting out?