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Get better at programming by learning how things work

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Get better at programming by learning how things work

When we talk about getting better at programming, we often talk about testing, writing reusable code, design patterns, and readability. All of those things are important. But in this blog post, I want to talk about a different way to get better at programming: learning how the systems you're using work! This is the main way I approach getting better at programming. examples of "how things work" To explain what I mean by "how things work", here are some different types of programming and examples of what you could learn about how they work. Frontend JS: how the event loop works HTTP methods lik

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