Tiny mindset shift made learning to code absurdly easy

I was trying to learn to create animations using a Python library called Manim. This video is about how I did it and one subtle mindset shift that helped me learn to code more easily.

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[RedBearAK]

I have noticed many times that I don’t actually understand something until I try to explain it to someone else. So I started spending a lot of time explaining things to myself to encourage my own understanding. It is remarkably effective.

[cG]

I love how this guy, unlike other youtubers, focuses on improving the next video that he posts. Ive seen youtubers where their first few videos are straight up better than their recent ones. He also doesn't waste time at the start with a crappy intro animation, he doesn't summarize the video, he just gets straight to the answer / discussion.

[LakayFTW]

For our final exam a friend and I build a repository on github explaining nearly every topic we learned over the past 3 years. After that i understood so many things better than before.

[TheHashCrackingSlasher]

This is a fairly common method in the programmer/software engineer world quite aptly named Rubber Duck Debugging, you have a cute lil rubber duck (or anyone or anything really, ducks are just cute) and you use that to then explain the code line by line to the duck. As you talk a topic through with someone, your brain makes connections and reinforces what you learned thus making it far easier to recall later and strengthens those connections and allows you to figure out most of the time where your code fails, thus debugging it.

[silasrock]

Thank you for not making this a 10 minute video!!

[knightd]

loved the outro. also respect that you get straight to the point.

[slygg]

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."

[dev_ression]

Great concept bro. This shift in mindset has helped me 10-fold throughout my programming career!

[s.sunhaloo]

For me the best way to learn coding / programming is to first watch a little tutorial video and then if I need any more help while I am coding is to look directly at the main documentations.

[yonata]

I can see that your content has the potential to improve even further in terms of technical aspects such as animations, b-roll shots and scriptwriting. However, even as of now, I am thoroughly impressed with the way you present your content - it is straightforward, concise and clear. Your presentation skills are amazing! I initially came across your channel for a mouse video, but I am so thoroughly hooked that I will rest subscribed to your content in the future.

[chrishamilton]

This really resonated with me. I am a programmer and whenever I learn something new I imagine myself explaining it to someone else in the simplest way possible. This is because I enjoy helping others and want to prevent people from going through the same struggles I did. This usually leads to me looking deeper into topics as I realize I can't fully explain them.

The thing is it's pretty rare for me to teach people since I don't have anyone under me. So I kind of wrote this off as some weird fantasies I have while learning. Good to know this is actually a useful method to consolidate knowledge.

[overclucker]

I write myself tutorials every time I take something new. I had to because I found out that I've forgotten more than I know about programming. I was relearning c++, and when I had enough proficiency to feel confident, I stumbled on my old projects and was shocked and embarrassed at the level of skill compared to what I currently had. The same thing occured when I started writing elisp again.
Now I have guided that help me quickly implement libraries and principles that I'm foggy on.

[tomaiii]

i hope ur finger heals Bog, much love, ur videos rl put a smile on my face :))💜

[solidPEARyaBOI]

I'm not sure if you are aware, but what you just figured out is basically the Feynman Method. I've also been studying like this since high school and it has made learning anything a breeze. I usually speak outloud to myself as if im teaching. Great video!

[emirhangul]

This video reminded me when I had done some animation a while ago on after effects and had some difficulties. When I tried to solve my problems, I acted like a teacher and it helped a lot.

[nerufps]

I love this slight mindset shift and explained why some concepts would stick when I would try to explain it myself or when I'm "teaching" it to myself.

That's why when I try to explain ideas to my friend it would stick to me.

[aernan]

I love this hack and have been using this for years.

[pogo]

So true. Teaching teaches the teacher.

[IDontReadReplies]

Wow i'm really lucky, I had this mindset going into programming off the bat

[rekon]

Ayo lovin your content recently .Keep up the good work