At this point, it’s stressing me the hell out. 😫

#week3 #django

A couple of years ago, I'd become quite interested in martial arts.

(Hours upon hours of watching "The Karate Kid" growing up must've taken their toll on me!)

And so, I found myself at this smelly little gym for my first few karate practice sessions, working hard to learn how to count in Japanese and getting my hand-eye coordination under control...

Moments later, I turn left when I should’ve turned right—

And I’m met with a swift kick to the face.

Yeah… My interest in karate waned quickly after that.

Why am I telling you this? Well, this question came up in a recent email exchange:

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“How does one MASTER the skill of programming Python?”

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And I like to think that mastering programming is quite similar to mastering a physical skill like karate. (Although I've had more success with the former.)

With both, it takes a long time to build up the right foundation. But once "muscle memory" starts kicking in, your progress can skyrocket!

It's all about making it through that first rough patch of slow learning progress without losing your motivation.

Mastering a programming language means lifelong learning. The topic is fractal—there's always a way to expand your knowledge in some obscure way. One can hit critical mass in terms of knowledge and be called an expert, but it's unlikely a single person will know it all.

There's road maps but no "one true path" to mastery. Learning progress will depend highly on the motivation and drive of the individual, and the peers they surround themselves with. Mentorship and community play the biggest role in becoming successful.

— Dan Bader

#week4 #django

It’s been about a month since i started this journey. This first month was mostly about familiarizing myself with the technology. I didn’t achieve as much as i originally hoped. But i still made progress, even if it was small... and honestly that’s a big win for me. I’m hoping the coming month will be much cooler, and I’ll do my best to stay active on the channel, God willing. Let’s go.

Programming books are underrated, ngl. You can watch tutorials and absorb some basics, sure, but they rarely give you the bigger picture. When I watch tutorials, I end up being amazed by how “genius” the tutor seems, instead of actually focusing on the content. you ask why? Because there’s so much abstraction going on. They only show you what they want to show you, without explaining much how the messy behind-the-scenes stuff actually works.

I think documentation is great too, but not for getting started. docs are super useful once you’ve got the hang of the basics. They’re the best where-tos to go for reference. But if you try to read them from the beginning, you’ll just get overwhelmed.

But, while saying this, let’s be honest... WE DON'T WANT TO READ BOOKS (even though I enjoy reading in other subjects). The irony is we live in a time where books are easier to access than ever, yet people read them less than ever.

Hmm, we'll see what God has in store for us in the coming year. Situations need to change. We better show some visible changes.

#week5 #django

this is the endpoint for POST

this is a GET endpoint (sorted by authors)

this is also a GET endpoint but for Books list

and finally this for the rest part (POST, PUT, DELETE)
as you can see there is also some validation going on

It’s been a while since I spent a full day purely coding. These days, most of my time goes into Google Sheets, Meet, Docs, and Notion.

Time flies .. I am GC and I only accomplished a handful of things I planned to do by now.

Dear fresh students, you don't have time.. lock in.. I have given up on some of the fields I wanted to touch.. for me, it's time to clear out my path and to hold it steadily.

Nevertheless, Alhamdulilah for everything.

I like instructions.
I like being told what to do. Does that mean I don't have an entrepreneur's mindset?

Why is it that the very site i need the most is currently not working? This is not only happening today... it has been like this for weeks time. I have seen it work only once. Since then, i have not been able to access even the landing page. Other websites are working fine. Is this issue with me only, or are you experiencing it as well? Please let me know if it works for you.

https://www.django-rest-framework.org/

mnabatu hono new tada kene ga

#week6 #no_django

You know what i’ve been thinking if i could ever make this work log thing more human (based on a suggestion from someone important). Like writing about my everyday activities outside of django, or more generally, tech and learning. But i feel like i can’t do that for several reasons, one of them being showing off. Some deeds are better left hidden.