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Why You Should Learn To Program The Hard Way

Theodore Bendixson

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Theodore Bendixson argues for learning programming by building things from scratch with minimal external libraries and dependencies.

Even if it takes more time, learning to program the hard way using as few libraries and external dependencies as possible will make you more confident. Research shows that confident people make more money, so it also makes you rich. In this audio stream, I explain why it's valuable to learn to program the hard way, and what small (and big) things you can do to improve your lower level programming skills. Join my email list for updates on my games: mailchi.mp/a1d9cb73d572/cave-factory Play the game featured in the video: tedbendixson.itch.io/cave-factory 🎮 PLAY MY GAMES: tedbendixson.itch.io/ 💾 GITHUB: github.com/TheoBendixson Content referenced in the video: Handmade Hero: handmadehero.org/ Communities for low level programming: Handmade Network: handmade.network/ My favorite article on the art of building software from the ground up: caseymuratori.com/blog_0015

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What people say. Recommended for beginners as a motivating argument for starting with low-level programming and C.

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Why You Should Learn To Program The Hard Way by Theodore Bendixson [video I would add: Learn the interesting way and that's is C.

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