The day I deleted my 200 line tutorial and wrote 5 lines instead

I read a post from some dev saying beginners overcomplicate everything because tutorials teach bad habits. I spent 6 weeks grinding through a 200 line Python project that turned out to be a disaster. Then I stripped it down to 5 lines using a simple loop and a list, and it just worked. Maybe it's just me, but I think we need more 'here's the lazy way' content and less 'here's the enterprise way' stuff. Has anyone else found that shorter code actually helps you learn faster than long examples?

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nathanj5612d ago

Wait, 200 lines down to 5? That's insane.