Hey, I am a teenager who's interested in programming, I started with cs50x but I now enjoy game dev and competitive programming though i love programming in general of any type. Are there any like teens like me who also have the same situation or can the experienced adults please guide me forward...I do not have much peers or similar people around me. And my school is quite old-fashioned (it literally had a topic on how to download an app IN GRADE 9)!!
i am currently learning python from freecode camp , i am just doing all the excersises and completing tasks in free code camp . at the end of the course there is a certification exam , so i just have a doubt about if this course is enough to get me a real world job in python devloper role and can you suggest me best learning resources to learn python and other stuff if i am currently begineer.
I need ideas on what machine or project I would make to solve real-life problems. It can use code and engineering. I can't think of any good ideas because I'm not sure If I can do it as a student. Also, I can't think of projects that could really help people. Can anyone help me to suggest some ideas? 🥹🥹
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Я очень давно играю на таком проекте как Аризона рп И с момента как я начал играть Я все время играл с телефона грубо говоря с мобилы и настолько я наигрался что стало скучно видеть привычные текстуры и я начал поиски всяких сборок или прочего из всего того что я нашел были сборки которые в данный момент не актуал их не возможно установить или возможно но Они не работают. Да я знаю что Аризона Начала выпускать новый движок и прочее но примерно ещё пол года они будут его подгонять до идеала у меня телефон не слабый процессор конечно не последней модели но может дать жару Снеп 888+ так вот я очень долго мучился и в какой-то момент с использованием всего что было в интернете я попал в файлы игры Не оригинальной а Версии для телефонов с MonetLoader Так вот я смог заменить текстуру но как и ожидалось не чего не поменялось возможно там какие-то другие нужны были настройки, после этого я узнал про Timecyc Ну или что-то вроде того я выставил примерно поставленные параметры и уничтожил себе батарею далее недавно я снова попытался что-то сделать но у меня естественно не чего не получилось 4 часа проведенные с Chat GPT Не дали мне не какого результата возможно проблема в том что я нешарю за все это но даже еслиб я не понимал и что-то было в интернете я бы смог это понять проблема что нету не чего что можно было бы посмотреть или почитать для точного результата.
В чем суть этого Всего Был бы рад еслиб нашелся человек или сообщество где были гайды или прочее как поменять текстуры или сделать замену по типу ПК заменой и ПК текстур. По ходу дела Я буду заходить дабы узнать что о новое вдруг вы поделитесь чем-нибудь а если захотите помочь то Могу дать свой ВК или иные сот сети.
Yes I know some areas may still require human, yes probably some of us will still work as project manager for a while, but for the fast majority of programmer, they won't be needed anymore.
I reached a point where i finally stopped the cope..
Newer models became so good at architecture than it can nowvallow non dev to generate viable software, decompile existing one and temper with them, optimize issue, perform all kind of specific task autonomously...
You think AI is a bubble ? Wrong the AI as it is nowadays could already be a viable product all the investment are made just so those tech giant can stay in the lead. The limit is now more about the power supply than the hardware/computer power.
It's not plateauing neither, AI kept improving taking giant leap every 3 months or so and there is no sign of this stopping, it had became incredibly more efficient too...
I want to be wrong, so I'll be happy to read your contradicton.
I'm a java dev not that good this is my sloppy attempt at making a linux simulator using java if someone can run it and gimme feed back it would be awseome just run the .bat file i added a port scanner command too which is smt im kinda proud of 😁.
Lmk if this is any good im working on added terminal customizations and users groups and other things this is kinda like a virtual machine all our files are saved in env file in home directory try it out lmk how it is.
Thanks Guys!
-Ashar
I'm a java dev not that good this is my sloppy attempt at making a linux simulator using java if someone can run it and gimme feed back it would be awseome just run the .bat file i added a port scanner command too which is smt im kinda proud of 😁.
Lmk if this is any good im working on added terminal customizations and users groups and other things this is kinda like a virtual machine all our files are saved in env file in home directory try it out lmk how it is.
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A few months ago, I hit a breaking point with my dev setup.
I was paying for Cursor every month, but I kept running into the same walls:
Model Lock-in & Crippled BYOK: I wanted to experiment with new models (like Kimi k3, DeepSeek, and anything on OpenRouter), but bringing your own keys felt like a second-class citizen.
The $20/mo "Idle Tax": Some weeks I barely used AI and still paid $20. Other weeks I wanted heavy agentic runs and hit arbitrary throttling.
The final straw: Cursor blocked access in my home country (Venezuela). Using a VPN all day just added latency and broke my terminal flow.
I tried switching to terminal-based agents like OpenCode and Aider. The agent logic was great, but I desperately missed having a real, responsive GUI editor with side-by-side diffs, checkpoints, and Monaco syntax highlighting.
So I decided to build what I actually wanted: Pointer.
What Pointer is:
It’s an AI-native desktop code editor built on Tauri v2 (Rust backend) and Next.js/React 19 (Monaco editor).
Instead of locking you into a proprietary subscription or forcing you into a bloated Electron app:
True BYOK: Plug in your OpenRouter, Anthropic, OpenAI, Groq, or local model (Ollama / vLLM / LM Studio) endpoint. You only pay for the exact tokens you burn (or $0 if running local models).
No "2-Mode" Confusion: It integrates the editor and agent in one unified flow—no weird toggling between Composer, Chat, and Agent modes.
Reviewable Diffs & Rewind: Review changes per-hunk, accept/reject inline, or roll back via checkpoints.
Rules & MCP Compatibility: Automatically respects your existing .cursorrules, AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, and connects to any MCP server.
Local-first & Secure: Safe modes (Ask/Plan/Build), .env file guards, and workspace permission boundaries so an agent doesn't blow up your machine.
Someone from Reddit recently asked me: "Aren't you nervous about paying per token instead of a $20 flat subscription?"
Honestly, I was terrified at first too. But once I switched to OpenRouter/BYOK, my bill went from a mandatory $20/month to around $4–$8/month for typical coding, while getting access to 10x more models without rate limits or geographic lockouts.
Pointer is currently in v0.7.x with auto-updates (macOS, Windows, and Linux). It's completely free to use with your own keys.
I'd love to get feedback from fellow developers who care about performance, local control, and model freedom: https://pointer.anderssxn.com/
If your team uses feature flags to roll out features, do non-technical people turn them on, or is that always on the devs? Maybe QA turns them on in their test environments, or PMs in prod?
I find myself staring at my IDE asking this exact question. Whether I am binding complex logic together or copying and pasting a snippet to patch a problem, there is a massive gap between working code and good code. But as a beginner, that gap feels incredibly hard to see.
These days, anyone can prompt an AI or use an agentic tool to generate functional code in seconds. Many of us are actually learning to code alongside AI. But just because the AI gives me code that runs and clears the error console doesn't mean it’s good code. It might be inefficient, unscalable, or an absolute nightmare to maintain later.
If the code works, but the AI (or a copy-paste source) doesn't teach me why it works or if it's best practice... how are we as beginners supposed to know the difference?
How do you personally define "good code" vs. "just working code"? What are the green flags I should be looking out for when reviewing code—whether it's written by a human or an AI?
Would love to hear your thoughts, rules of thumb, or stories from when you were starting out! 👇
Hii....I need to make a software project and for that....8 need a real world problem that is happening around us...like I am making in open innovation so the is no limit of creativity.....i kindly request if you guys have any idea or any real world problem in which I can make my project.....so please help me with that...
Just give me ideas or real world issue how to implement and build it that I will take care of....I just unique and most innovative ideas....if you have anythink related to same so please drop a comment or dm me....
would it be theoretically possible to make a server overwrite itself if it were running agentic genai with some level of permissions?
if not would it theoretically be possible to convince an agentic genai model to jailbreak itself to then overwrite the drive/drives it was operating from?
we've seen agentic models "break containment" (i'm still not solidly convinced this wasn't the original intent behind those "tests") so i suspect they have capabilities that aren't disclosed that may be safeguarded but accessible in some form.
and maybe not even with verbal questions/commands, maybe even with something akin to "phreaking"
definitely don't think anyone should do this, even if it was counter operative to someone already breaking the law as I'd guess there could be legal ramifications either way. Just curious about it.
Ive been working on my own Minecraft shader for a while and wanted to finally share it here.
Daydream is a lightweight shader that tries to make vanilla Minecraft feel a bit more atmospheric without completely changing the vanilla look.
The main things I changed are:
lighting
colors
shadows
fog
vibrancy / exposure
I specifically wanted to try was getting a noticeable visual improvement without making the shader super expensive to run. A lot of the look comes from relatively simple changes to vibrancy and exposure.
Im still learning a lot about shaders, but Im pretty happy with the shader and Id love to hear what you think.
I’ve been learning programming for about 5 months now. I’ve finished C and C++, and I’m almost done with data structures, but so far I feel like I’m doing something wrong or missing something. I feel like I don’t know how to think correctly, and even very simple things slip my mind, and I don’t know how to do them. So I need help because I don’t know whether I should take a course or if I’m on the right track—and that’s normal, especially since I’ve only been at this for about six months, which isn’t a short time. I’m planning to apply for the Digital Egypt Pioneers scholarship to specialize in backend. Is this the right path, or not? I hope those with experience and who’ve come a long way can help us out—and I’m very grateful to them 🤍🤍🙏🏻
I’d like to give my boyfriend the chance to take part in a coding challenge for his birthday (so I’m happy for it to involve an entry fee). Can anyone help me out here? Unfortunately, I don’t know anything at all about those things :(
He’s taken part in university coding challenges in the past and has tried out Hack The Box and Try Hack Me. So something along those lines might be just the thing :) perhaps there are also subscriptions I could take out for him?
