--- title: How did you really learn to code? | daily.dev description: Discussion about "How did you really learn to code?" on daily.dev - join the developer community canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-did-you-really-learn-to-code--alt9arce9 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How did you really learn to code? | daily.dev og:description: Discussion about "How did you really learn to code?" on daily.dev - join the developer community og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-did-you-really-learn-to-code--alt9arce9 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ALT9ArCE9.png og:image:alt: How did you really learn to code? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How did you really learn to code? **[John Liter](https://daily.dev/sources/yhf9cpdgtqetokv6d8qhm)** · [@jliter85](https://daily.dev/jliter85) · 0 upvotes · 3 comments ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@alexswensen** · 3 upvotes > Can I pick all of the above? :P **@khauma** · 1 upvotes > Breaking sandbox and staging code!!! (Like the computer lords intended) **@theacademe** · 1 upvotes > Dr. Dobbs Journal? --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-did-you-really-learn-to-code--alt9arce9) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-did-you-really-learn-to-code--alt9arce9","headline":"How did you really learn to code?","text":"Discussion about \"How did you really learn to code?\" on daily.dev - join the developer community","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-did-you-really-learn-to-code--alt9arce9","datePublished":"2026-02-24T21:36:45.738Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T21:36:45.738Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"John Liter","url":"https://daily.dev/jliter85","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--DQ2HUrO4--/f_auto/v1785100315/avatars/avatar_yHf9cPdgTQEtokv6d8qhM?_a=BAMAMicg0","description":"Retired 20 Year US Army Veteran.\nI Love Coding!\nLearning and then Teaching!","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":13530}},"interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}],"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Can I pick all of the above? :P","datePublished":"2026-02-25T01:05:28.202Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ALT9ArCE9#c-Ru6qFoYgA","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexander Swensen","url":"https://daily.dev/alexswensen","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7460917?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Breaking sandbox and staging code!!! 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