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The only way to learn a programming language (beyond the basics) is to use it and gain familiarity, and see code that others wrote for it. Assuming you don't just spin the LLM wheel until you get lucky with something that works, it's a valid strategy for learning a language while also producing working (though imperfect) code.


> The only way to learn a programming language (beyond the basics) is to use it

I don't quite agree.

This may seem like splitting hairs, but I think the only way to learn a programming language is to write it

I don't think any amount of reading and fixing LLM code is sufficient to learn how to code yourself

Writing code from scratch is a different skill


> spin the LLM wheel until you get lucky with something that works

Isn't that exactly what "vibe coding" is supposed to be?

(BRB, injecting code vulnerabilities into my state actor LLM.)




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