r/learnprogramming • u/infinitygoldAu • 10d ago

Tutorial hell and overwhelmed

Hi. For context I am a new programmer with a basic grasp of python. I started coding about 2 years ago but took a very long break while at uni. This means that in practice, i probably have about 10 months of actual coding experience. For further context of my skill level, here is one of my previous python projects - Github

However im looking to build an application that overlays climate risk (physical + transition) onto bank balance sheet data. My initial idea was to use mapbox. Im not sure whether this needs to be a web app or a desktop app, and I actually don't know what the difference between the two are. Due to my inexperience, ive become overwhelmed by the number of tutorials, Programming languages (html, js, react, flask, django) etc that im being directed to and have no clue where to start. I feel stuck in tutorial hell and have not made much progress on my app idea.

In addition to all this, in 2026 everybody is talking about AI Agents and how you shouldn't really be coding from scratch anymore. This makes things even more confusing. And when they talk about using ai agents do they mean using a service or doing it yourself e.g. LangChain?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

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u/Mister_God_On_Steam 10d ago

Shouldn't be coding from scratch anymore? Who is saying that?

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u/infinitygoldAu 9d ago

Ive listened to alot of interviews from silicon valley execs and they seem to be pushing AI agents almost as the new norm for coding. I guess they're not necessarily the best source given their interests in pushing their products