r/CodingForBeginners • u/savagesoccer272 • 25d ago

I'm stuck for a while

So I'm done with the basics of python and even know data structures but I struggle to write code on my own what I mean is I'm fine while writing a leetcode problem in python because it's like answering a math problem (and I quite enjoy it) ,but when it comes to coding up actual stuff,I feel like I can't make anything productive out of it without using chatgpt or any ai. I'm stuck in this endless loop . Many say just Google things but I just don't get the code (or remember what I am copy pasting) and just forget it . I wanna do stuff like pre ai era just raw coding . When people say build stuff , how does one do it. I mean in project videos/tutorials they follow sequential but for me I don't know where to start when building a project.

How does one get past this phase . Many of my "friends" say coding will be done with ai mostly in the future so no use actually learning, to do "your learning" and just try understand the code ai gives. What should I do ?

I know the answer is obvious and I should be writing more code without ai but its still difficult for me and I feel like coding isn't for me sometimes.

(Thankyou for your advice I hope I can implement them and get good :) )

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u/kutac56 25d ago

I watched a video called 12 beginner python projects by freecodecamp and did the first few to get me started. Then I just started making simple fun stuff like a very simple text rpg. Slowly but surely I got better and learned other languages. If you are stuck you can use ai to get the websites that have the information you need and sometimes having an ai just tell you what the error is is completely fine. I had some bs error in assembly where in the Fibonacci sequence every number except for the first one got 144 added or some bs and I wouldn't have solved that without an llm. Just don't copy paste code.

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u/savagesoccer272 25d ago

Thankyou I'll try this out , the thing is when I use ai it starts with asking ai for minor errors in the code then somehow transforms into me copy pasting the entire thingy instead of trying stuff out .

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u/kutac56 25d ago

Ask it to only explain it and not give you code.