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A 37-year-old wanting to learn computer science

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165 points chbkall | 1 comments | 05 Jul 25 08:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.218s | source
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addvicks ◴[05 Jul 25 10:27 UTC] No.44471662[source]▶
Stop writing about how you're going to do this, and just do it. Everything you need is available online.

Writing blog posts like this is a form of procrastination, and distracts from your stated goal.

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1. thomascountz ◴[05 Jul 25 10:40 UTC] No.44471730[source]▶
> I designed this website on my own as well while reading the book Refactoring UI [2]. This took me almost 4 months.

They have built something and they have used that something to shape a plan for achieving their goal. "Stated goal" and "just do it," are mutually consistent with "writing blog posts like this..."