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๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐ˆ ๐Œ๐š๐๐ž ๐€๐ฌ ๐š ๐๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ

Ever stared at hundreds of lines of your own code, wondering how it became such an unmanageable mess? Iโ€™ve been thereโ€”and itโ€™s a rite of passage for many beginner programmers. From writing code without a plan to endlessly chasing the 'perfect' solution, Iโ€™ve made my share of rookie mistakes. But the good news? Each misstep taught me something invaluable.

๐‘บ๐’†๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘บ๐’•๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†, ๐’•๐’ ๐‘ฌ๐’™๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’‚๐’ ๐’‹๐’๐’–๐’“๐’๐’†๐’š ๐’๐’‡ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’†๐’“ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’†๐’“๐’”: ๐’†๐’™๐’„๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’™๐’†๐’… ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‡๐’“๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’.

๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐’˜๐’‰๐’š ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’๐’ ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’Œ๐’†๐’” ๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’š ๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’˜๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’•๐’”.

๐Ÿ. ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ 
Jumping straight into coding without thinking through requirements. Like, I once started building a to-do list app without sketching out the features. By the time I added due dates, priorities, and categories, the codebase was spaghetti.

๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›. ๐‘‡๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘.

๐Ÿ. ๐ˆ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Skipping docs and relying on Stack Overflow for quick fixes. Documentation isn't just dry textโ€”itโ€™s your secret weapon for understanding the bigger picture of tools and libraries.

๐ท๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ 15 ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘š ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’.

๐Ÿ‘. ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ 
Trying to build the perfect app with the โ€œcoolestโ€ tools. I once used a complex state management library for a project that couldโ€™ve been handled with simple React hooks. It was like using a tank to crack a walnut.

๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘’, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘’. ๐™ฑ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š”โ€‚๐š™๐š›๐š˜๐š‹๐š•๐šŽ๐š–๐šœโ€‚๐š’๐š—๐š๐š˜โ€‚๐šœ๐š–๐šŠ๐š•๐š•๐šŽ๐š›โ€‚๐šŒ๐š‘๐šž๐š—๐š”๐šœโ€‚๐š๐š˜โ€‚๐šŠ๐šŸ๐š˜๐š’๐šโ€‚๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›๐š ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š•๐š–.

๐š„๐šœ๐šŽโ€‚๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š•๐šœโ€‚๐š•๐š’๐š”๐šŽโ€‚๐™ด๐š‚๐™ป๐š’๐š—๐šโ€‚๐šŠ๐š—๐šโ€‚๐™ฟ๐š›๐šŽ๐š๐š๐š’๐šŽ๐š›โ€‚๐š๐š˜โ€‚๐š–๐šŠ๐š’๐š—๐š๐šŠ๐š’๐š—โ€‚๐šŒ๐š˜๐š๐šŽโ€‚๐šš๐šž๐šŠ๐š•๐š’๐š๐šข.

๐™ฒ๐š˜๐š•๐š•๐šŠ๐š‹๐š˜๐š›๐šŠ๐š๐šŽโ€‚๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘โ€‚๐š˜๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›๐šœโ€‚(๐š˜๐š›โ€‚๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š—โ€‚๐šข๐š˜๐šž๐š›โ€‚๐š๐šž๐š๐šž๐š›๐šŽโ€‚๐šœ๐šŽ๐š•๐š)โ€‚๐š‹๐šขโ€‚๐š ๐š›๐š’๐š๐š’๐š—๐šโ€‚๐šŒ๐š•๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›โ€‚๐šŒ๐š˜๐š–๐š–๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐šœ.

Use tools like ESLint and Prettier to maintain code quality. Collaborate with others (or even your future self) by writing clear comments. The universal nature of making mistakes as a beginner. Emphasize that growth comes from learning and reflecting on them.

๐‘พ๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’ˆ๐’ˆ๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’†๐’“ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’†๐’“? ๐‘ณ๐’†๐’•โ€™๐’” ๐’”๐’˜๐’‚๐’‘ ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’”!

Include rhetorical questions to engage readers, e.g., โ€œSound familiar?โ€ Think of a flowchart as a visual map for your app logic.

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