Trying to fix errors and bugs results in some weird behaviour

like I don't know how I went from making an app to cleaning the gutters on my roof but here I am

-Writes a small python script on windows
-This should work without a hitch
-Throws more errors than there is tangible numbers in the universe
-Spend an hour trying to fix it
-Give up, copy and paste the code into linux line for line
-Works immediately

Whoop

Jesus Christ, installing the packages is harder than doing the project itself

I mean I've read rants on here about people not knowing the basics of programming, but 15 lectures in I would assume that the other students knew the difference between a char and a string at least.

Guess not.

Every time I get a new screen, it's good for about a few days before I realise I need another one.

How many monitors is too many?

Pic related (Dream setup?)

The amount of rants on here I see of 'Devs' complaining that other non-tech people aren't knowledgable/ can't understand 'simple' explanations / etc and are mean, or even cruel to those non-techy people is alarming.

Just because you've spent a lot of time on something youre interested in, doesn't mean:
A. Everyone else is interested in it.
B. Everyone knows everything about it.

These 'Devs' are the reason most Universities require mandatory social classes so they can make sure you can talk to people in a nice manner and get your point across.

Majority of the time I need to explain a concept I find simple or I know to someone, I try to find an analogy about something both parties know. I know that pulling the documentation information and giving to them will just result in more questions and they won't understand.

You just gotta know how to talk to people without getting angry at them for being who they are, human.

String TLDR = "Don't be a dick because someone doesn't know something you do"

Any suggestions for a good beginner linux distro? Ive been looking at Elementary and Ubuntu, but im needing something that can still use the laptop touchscreen.

Any suggestions?

Everyone should at least know a bit of coding, especially markup languages. God dam looking at good GUIs when all of yours look like youve made it in paint is amazing. 😂😂

No matter how hard i try, i just cant get my head around XAML. I have to be missing something

Im off of 3 hours sleep right now after getting lost down the rabbit hole of debugging.

I was just putting stock on the shelves at my job and a customer came up to me and asked me where something was. I thought of two places it could be so i said:

"if item == aisle4
{print("You've found it"); }
else if item == aisle6
{print("You've found it"); }
else
{print ("Im unsure where it is sorry"); }"

She just looked at me and my coworker told her where the item was, once she left my coworker started laughing at me and called me the biggest nerd he knew.

Getting any output, at all, even if it's wrong after not getting any output for hours.

I've spent 6 hours on a discord bot using a language I have no experience in and I have got it to a good foundation. Gotta say im pretty impressed at my ability to google..

What music do you devs listen to while coding?

I listen to Jazz, lo-fi, and other slow, melodic instrumentals with minimal/no vocals

print ("Hello world")

Does anyone else get so self conscious about writing neat, clean and efficient code that you get demotivated because you always think "there's a better way to do this".

The cleanest code is no code at all. 😂

3am and I have more bugs than I started with, but at least if I press this button it comes up with "Youre doing great keep it up"

What's something you wish someone had told you about one of the languages you know? Tips, tricks, etc?

Start it earlier in education or at least give the option to students to study it earlier in their schooling. I wasn't able to study it at all until my final year.

Finally fixing a 16 hour bug that was harassing my thoughts is a very good feeling.

Sleep is the ultimate debugging debugger.

I wish I was good enough at programming to quit my job at the supermarket :/