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Hit a wall on my first real project last Tuesday

I was trying to build a simple to-do list app and spent 3 hours stuck on why my JavaScript wasn't saving tasks. Turns out I forgot a single curly brace in my function. Has anyone else had a tiny syntax error that took forever to catch?

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adam_thompson53•14d ago

That week where my code kept breaking because of a single extra space

Spent three days debugging a Python script only to find out I had a space after a parenthesis. Has anyone else spent hours on something that stupid?

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zara572•15d ago

Overheard a senior dev say 'you don't need to memorize syntax' and it changed how I study

I was at a coffee shop near my local library last Saturday and heard him tell a junior that Googling basic stuff is fine as long as you understand the logic, so now I'm trying to focus on problem solving instead of flashcards, has anyone else switched their learning approach mid-course?

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