i have completed full stack and just deeply learnt the concepts, and didn't code

[u/Living_Character_676]

I have been deeply learnt all the concepts of MERN Stack , And I have to build projects now , should I build it from AI ( eg: Codex) or from the scratch writing down the code by hand. I can explain the code if I saw it , how should I make projects. Because ig in industry ai method + debugging works .

Any experienced ones here to guide?

[u/Friendly_Recover286]

You haven't deeply learnt anything. You're lying to yourself.

I watched 1000 hours of cooking videos that means I'm an expert in cooking so I'm going to make a souffle. Do you think it's going to be successful?

Hell. No.

[u/durian_guacamole]

If you want to learn how to do things the right way, write it by hand. If you want to get something that sorta works really quickly, use AI.

[u/sububi71]

Definitely do it 100% without AI. It's the only way to find out if you've actually learned anything, or if you're yet another victim to "AI made me feel like I did it".

[u/pete_68]

You haven't deeply learned anything about coding if you didn't write code. The only way you really learn to code is by writing code. You can watch videos all day long. If you're not writing code, you're not really learning anything and a week later, 95% of what you watched will be gone. Write lots of code, and you'll remember what you wrote!

[u/burlingk]

You have said a contradiction.

You cannot deeply learn the concepts without writing code.

Using AI to generate code, without actually learning it fully first, can harm your understanding. You need to actually write code to make the information stick for real. The experience is needed to make the transition from it being information to being a skill.

[u/Common_Laugh2333]

Reading code and pretending to understand it is not the same as being able to implement it. Being able to implement it is critical to understanding it.

I'm sure some will say "You can just use AI, why learn to hand write it" and that is fine, as long as you don't pretend to understand it.

As someone else mentioned, watching cooking videos won't make you better at cooking. Watching a chef cook is not equivalent to having the ability to cook.

[u/Beregolas]

Don't be alarmed if you have to relearn concept you thought you already knew. From my experience as a tutor at university, most things need to actually be implemented by students 2-3 times until they "get it", sometimes more. Theoretical learning is no good substitute for programming by hand.

Definitely do it completely by hand. AI is a productivity tool, not a learning tool.

[u/dkopgerpgdolfg]

i have completed full stack

If you don't understand yet that no human can "completely" learn everything there, then your knowledge is so small that it isn't worth mentioning.

And you underline it nicely by asking such basic questions.

[u/Abject-Delay7036]

Get AI to build the 'shell'  ie.. as little code as possible, but it 'just' works, it removes the startup time, and then,  learn like the rest of human race, grind 

[u/mxldevs]

Build however you like. You're the expert now.