Unpopular opinion: you don't need to learn 3 languages as a beginner, just pick one and build 10 small things

Blair White · 2026-10-08T02:10:03.36106+00:00

Everyone in r/learnprogramming keeps pushing the idea that you should sample Python, JavaScript, and C before you commit, which I think is total nonsense. I spent my first 6 weeks bouncing between tutorials and ended up with nothing to show for it, then I forced myself to stick with just Python and finished 11 tiny scripts in a month, starting with a dumb little tool that renames my downloads folder. The thing that finally stuck was building stuff I actually needed instead of doing another 4 hour video course. What was the first small project that made coding click for you?

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