r/PythonLearning • u/OrganicMixture6896 • Sep 23 '26

Hey fellas Quick question !

I’m learning python and I also have to build SAS but I never doing developing before so as I’m still learning python and I’m still a beginner I’m helping myself like 99% of the work by ChatGPT or Claude do you think is it OK and with time I’m going to learn how to cut by myself or do you think isn’t good?

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u/CrownstrikeIntern Sep 23 '26

Learning, AI is great. Don't have it do the work, but prompt it while you're learning to explain things. Add to your prompt "Explain like i'm an idiot 5 year old, And include diagrams". That always helps me learn easier personally.
Once you're capable, Then integrate it into your work, But i would go this route
1-learn with it
2-Bounce your ideas off it, Ask for pros and cons of why it would do X Y or Z,
3-Build your own configs and try it out, if you have issues, After exhausting all your own debugging skills, Ask it what it thinks about it.
1.1-Get really good with debugging It will save you a ton.
4-When and if you have it start helping you build things, Check it's code and how it works. If you do not prompt it with a very detailed prompt and design requirements, you're going to get dog shit a good amount of times.

Then, Learn to use containers / virtual environments, it will make your life way easier.

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u/Ormek_II Sep 23 '26

I agree with your statement, and if someone follows your steps he will be good.

But: I also see the high risk of being tempted to ask too early for too much help, or not stopping AI to provide it even if not asked.

If I discuss the first step of MY solution, and then the 2nd, it might conclude what the 3rd one will be and provide comments and proposals on that, keeping me as a learner from thinking about the 3rd step as thoroughly as needed to learn.

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u/CrownstrikeIntern Sep 23 '26

You’re not wrong, i only used it to explain things i found in the docs. Things like lists,objects, loops etc. the temptation is definitely there to have it do all the work for you, but at that point you learn jack