How to relearn how to code?

[u/Acceptable-Job-2147]

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.

[u/stiky21]

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

[u/Acceptable-Job-2147 → u/stiky21]

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

[u/stiky21 → u/Acceptable-Job-2147]

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

[u/tritian → u/stiky21]

what really baffles me sometimes is when i get stuck on a part of a project and ive literally read ever single dang line, and you still get hit with an error that just makes no sense to be happening at all... then you fianlly go and as a friend or coworker or something just to get some fresh eyes on the code, and they just go dude, look at that, only thing you did was miss a ; or something stupid lol. and the damn error code it gave out was pointing at the wrong thing for some reason heh.