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Showerthought: Back when I first coded, using others' scripts felt fine... until it didn't.
I remember when I began learning to code... everything was so new. I'd grab bits from forums and paste them into my projects without thinking twice. It felt like a shortcut, a way to get things done. But then, a friend pointed out that I wasn't really learning, just copying. Now, with AI tools that write code for you, the line is even blurrier. Is it okay to use generated code if you understand it later? I still wrestle with that sometimes...
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the_cameron7mo ago
Totally get that. Once pasted a WordPress plugin snippet without reading it, and it messed up the whole site. Really drives home why you gotta know what the code does.
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parker_jones507mo ago
Always read the code first, @the_cameron, even if it's just a snippet.
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mark_smith597mo ago
Yeah, that's a rough lesson. I'd say the bigger issue is pasting any code you don't understand. Reading it is the first step, but you really need to get what it does, line by line, before it goes live. Otherwise, you're just hoping it works.
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