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If you think about it, it's imitating how a lot of us auto-didacts learnt to code, especially in the 2000s.

Got some script for modifying a game or an excel function or some code that doesn't quite do what we want it to. Bash it with random changes until you suddenly fix/change/etc. it.

Get a bit addicted, rinse, repeat, suddenly a month later you can understand most of the code.



Can verify pulling apart the Southwest Airlines website back in the day with my HTML book on my lap was quite edifying.




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