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Pacharapol Withayasakpunt • Edited

I started coding seriously (about 2-3 years ago) because of two reasons

  • Anki was inflexible and hard enough to use, while Anki shared decks is indeed a large repertoire of database
  • I had some basics of programming (in C) like 10 years ago, and I heard about Python from my professor like 5 years ago
  • I want to hack into Japanese characters (Kanji) and language learning.

So I started in Python, and some NLTK.

But, later on, it morphs to Flask, then web dev in TypeScript and Vue. I also had some interest in Kotlin / Android dev.

I am doctor by profession, BTW, and I am trying to apply for health informatics Master Degree.

To me, programming is about solving problems smartly. I even wondered if I should program or use a ready-made program, and try to apply it better.

Instead of Blogger or WordPress, I used Nuxt. Not even sure if it is better.

But seriously, if I had to recommend someone, I would say, because writing a script might be better suited for the case. However, programming does have multiple layers, simplistically Front and Back; but more deeply also something like database, security and server...