somethign i struggle with, probably because i'm a 60 iq retard, is solving problems when programming. Are there books I can read to deal with this?
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@mischievoustomato what kind of problems?
@genmaicha take too long to figure out how to solve the issue.
lol
what issue though bro
I was going to suggest "Hacker's Delight" but stopped because it's probably way off the mark for what your issues are
@harblinger i just want to attune my brain to quicker problem solving... Dont wanna self dox lol
I think I saw @theorytoe posting about some high level "think like a programmer" books that he was digging last year, but I'm not 100% sure
@harblinger @mischievoustomato
the only programming book I have is 'Expert C Programming' by Van Der Linden
I dont think ive ever actually gotten and read a book on a language really that much since library docs are usually good enough. I do want to get a book on algorithms and mathops
I must be remembering another handle then 🤔
I swear someone said this book or similar was great https://archive.org/details/think-like-a-programmer
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I mean to be fair 90% of programming is just problem solving
99% of programming is solving problems that have already been solved.
The 1% is what's possibly even remotely enjoyable.
The 1% is what's possibly even remotely enjoyable.
It's like digging rocks out of the ground. It's overwhelmingly a solved problem and not fun anymore.
@tyler @theorytoe @harblinger This is why I tend to just public domain my code for small scripts, projects, or tools. It's rote, 99% of the time. I care about the things I might assemble with those tools, but I don't feel like the world gets better if I spend a few days or a week slapping together a tool and then charge $20 for it. Feels like getting precious about changing spark plugs or something.