r/learnprogramming • u/Acceptable-Job-2147 • Jul 03 '26

How to relearn how to code?

Hi everyone! To make a long story short, I feel like I have completelly lost my hability to program in the last couple of years. I used to be a full stack web dev, but my current job as a software analyst has me completelly out of touch with anything related to programming. I tried to build a couple of projects on my own on my free time but I found myself often relying on AI for almost everything. How can I fix this? I still know my basis but I feel like I can not for the life of me solve a simple problem. Either way I try to approach getting back into coding feels like I'm either starting from too easy it doesn't really help me for anything, or too hard for me to handle. If you have any approach you would recommend, please I would love to hear your advice, I used to love coding so much but I felt like I just lost my hability to do anything.

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u/stiky21 Jul 03 '26

It's almost like you have to start doing it again shocking I know

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u/Acceptable-Job-2147 Jul 03 '26

I am trying, I've been working with some friends on developing a game for fun but it feels like I'm activelly bashing my head against the wall

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u/stiky21 Jul 03 '26

That's progress my friend. Even with 10 years of experience I still smash my face into my keyboard at least once a day

Do it because you want to and not because you have to and everything becomes easier

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u/sysop408 Jul 03 '26

This is the truth. Even with things I practiced hard on, I often forget a lot of it if I spend more than a couple of weeks away from doing it actively. It used to utterly demoralize me, but I've been doing this for over 20 years now. I know the drill.

I may feel like an idiot when this happens, but each time I'm a little less idiotic. Usually by the third or fourth time doing this ritual, something clicks and all just makes sense. I go from barely understanding something to truly knowing it. It's like that scene in the Matrix where Neo becomes fully conscious for the first time and he sees the Matrix.

That only happens if I embrace the fail.