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Why I stopped using tutorials and started breaking things on purpose

Everyone says follow along with tutorial projects to learn, but last month in Portland I spent 3 weeks copying a weather app step by step and learned almost nothing. When I finally deleted the code and tried to rebuild it from memory, I got stuck on the first fetch call. So I started a different approach: pick a tiny script like a random password generator, write it wrong on purpose, and then fix the errors one by one. It felt slow at first, but after 6 tries I actually understood how loops and arrays talk to each other. Has anyone else ditched guided lessons for this messy trial and error method? What small project broke your mental block?

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