Carlos
@bycdiaz.com
Core member of The Odin Project, software engineer, and mildly retired salsa/bachata instructor.
Someone suggested others use AI for learning to code and shared that their preferred use is having the AI give steps on what to do and they handle finding the syntax.
#LearnToCode #TheOdinProject
#LearnToCode #TheOdinProject
a man in a suit and tie is smiling in an office .
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is smiling painfully in an office .
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October 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Someone suggested others use AI for learning to code and shared that their preferred use is having the AI give steps on what to do and they handle finding the syntax.
#LearnToCode #TheOdinProject
#LearnToCode #TheOdinProject
Just set up my 17 Pro Max.
There’s nothing wrong with it. But I don’t feel a significant difference between this and my old 14 Pro Max. 🤷♂️
There’s nothing wrong with it. But I don’t feel a significant difference between this and my old 14 Pro Max. 🤷♂️
October 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Just set up my 17 Pro Max.
There’s nothing wrong with it. But I don’t feel a significant difference between this and my old 14 Pro Max. 🤷♂️
There’s nothing wrong with it. But I don’t feel a significant difference between this and my old 14 Pro Max. 🤷♂️
Just got a new post up about the pursuit of best practices too early on. I hope folks learning to code find it useful!
#programming #learntocode #theodinproject #javascript #python
dev.to/theodinproje...
#programming #learntocode #theodinproject #javascript #python
dev.to/theodinproje...
Pursuing Best Practices is a bad practice (When You're New)
“I need to do this right, even though I don’t know what right is. What if I’m making mistakes that...
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April 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Just got a new post up about the pursuit of best practices too early on. I hope folks learning to code find it useful!
#programming #learntocode #theodinproject #javascript #python
dev.to/theodinproje...
#programming #learntocode #theodinproject #javascript #python
dev.to/theodinproje...
For the past few months, I've been building instructions for AI that will drive my language practice sessions for my Tagalog learning.
Pretty much every time I practice, I notice something that feels like it doesn't foster learning and just results in me being told something.
Pretty much every time I practice, I notice something that feels like it doesn't foster learning and just results in me being told something.
April 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
For the past few months, I've been building instructions for AI that will drive my language practice sessions for my Tagalog learning.
Pretty much every time I practice, I notice something that feels like it doesn't foster learning and just results in me being told something.
Pretty much every time I practice, I notice something that feels like it doesn't foster learning and just results in me being told something.
Just finished reading The singularity is Near: When Humans transcend biology. So many thoughts. The definition of humanity will be very different in the future.
January 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Just finished reading The singularity is Near: When Humans transcend biology. So many thoughts. The definition of humanity will be very different in the future.
I'm really proud of the culture of the learning community we have at The Odin Project. There are hard days when folks criticize us for having rules or for holding learners to a high standard. But that's honestly rare, and moments like these make it all worth it.
January 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I'm really proud of the culture of the learning community we have at The Odin Project. There are hard days when folks criticize us for having rules or for holding learners to a high standard. But that's honestly rare, and moments like these make it all worth it.
Sensible takes on social media for learning to code are rare.
Folks need awareness of basic ideas. Telling someone to just go build something when they don’t know what a variable is will result in a painful experience.
Folks need awareness of basic ideas. Telling someone to just go build something when they don’t know what a variable is will result in a painful experience.
I would recommend the same roadmap I followed: start with The Odin Project, stay patient with it for 7-9 months depending on your speed, make notes for what you want to build along the way.
Then build what you like. My first project was complete crap but I learned a lot from it.
Then build what you like. My first project was complete crap but I learned a lot from it.
December 9, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Sensible takes on social media for learning to code are rare.
Folks need awareness of basic ideas. Telling someone to just go build something when they don’t know what a variable is will result in a painful experience.
Folks need awareness of basic ideas. Telling someone to just go build something when they don’t know what a variable is will result in a painful experience.
Seeing a feature you contributed to in use in the real world feels crazy. Happy it works and folks find it useful! 😅
Learning about quadratics at #AMTNJ. Great conference so far
November 22, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Seeing a feature you contributed to in use in the real world feels crazy. Happy it works and folks find it useful! 😅
"Just build something" is advice that comes from a good place but not actually useful to someone completely new to #programming.
It's like saying "Just go write an essay" to someone that just found out about letters.
It's like saying "Just go write an essay" to someone that just found out about letters.
November 12, 2024 at 9:29 PM
"Just build something" is advice that comes from a good place but not actually useful to someone completely new to #programming.
It's like saying "Just go write an essay" to someone that just found out about letters.
It's like saying "Just go write an essay" to someone that just found out about letters.