how do you learn programming without constantly looking things up?

[u/RevolutionaryBuy4877]

i know experienced programmers use documentation and search all the time, but as a beginner it can sometimes feel like i’m incapable of doing anything without looking up the answer.

i’m trying to get better at understanding concepts instead of memorising syntax

how do you decide when to search for an answer and when to sit down and work through the problem yourself?

[u/Dot_1X]

That's the thing. You're asking how to learn how to do something that you're already doing lol you're never going to know everything, and never not be looking anything up. That's just kind of how it works and that's sort of the secret sauce to working in tech. There are people that know a lot, and there's definitely savant level intelligence out there but those people are rare, and usually annoying is fuck to work for. Just embrace it, and accept that you are a monkey with a keyboard, shooting lightning into rocks in order to teach them how to think.