--- title: I need to level up my programming skills... Here's the plan description: A developer shares their personal plan to level up programming skills in the coming year. The plan includes refreshing data structures and algorithms knowledge... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-need-to-level-up-my-programming-skills-here-s-the-plan-hji1sx0ns twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I need to level up my programming skills... Here's the plan | daily.dev og:description: A developer shares their personal plan to level up programming skills in the coming year. The plan includes refreshing data structures and algorithms knowledge... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-need-to-level-up-my-programming-skills-here-s-the-plan-hji1sx0ns og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hJI1Sx0Ns.png og:image:alt: I need to level up my programming skills... Here's the plan 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. # I need to level up my programming skills... Here's the plan **[YouTube](https://daily.dev/sources/youtube)** · 5 min read · 80 upvotes · 6 comments ## Summary A developer shares their personal plan to level up programming skills in the coming year. The plan includes refreshing data structures and algorithms knowledge using CLRS and YouTube resources, learning Rust using the O'Reilly book and Exercism, abandoning perfectionism to build more projects, and using AI as a supportive learning tool. RustRover is mentioned as the preferred IDE for Rust development. ## 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. **@nodirbekbokiev** · 5 upvotes > I dont think u should use ai while learning, usage even for practice is questionable. Someone wiser than me told once Ai is the most vicious form of procrastination of learning and i completely agree with that. However not using ai while are working would be a stupid thing. **@sizan5** · 4 upvotes > Thank your for share valuable information. **@eslamlinux** · 2 upvotes > good luck **@jamesharrison46** · 0 upvotes > Cheer up ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [100 Exercises To Learn Rust, Updated](https://daily.dev/posts/100-exercises-to-learn-rust-updated-s4kjxmrno) · JetBrains · 56 upvotes · 2 comments - [What are you planning to learn in 2026?](https://daily.dev/posts/what-are-you-planning-to-learn-in-2026--d3swrhg4c) · Lobsters · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [The many journeys of learning Rust](https://daily.dev/posts/the-many-journeys-of-learning-rust-bn01fdwlg) · Rust · 84 upvotes · 7 comments --- Tags: [#golang](https://daily.dev/tags/golang), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-need-to-level-up-my-programming-skills-here-s-the-plan-hji1sx0ns) ```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":"TechArticle","headline":"I need to level up my programming skills... 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