Every time I try to study programming I find myself picking at the bone and trying to understand it intuitively. \
By that I mean, I could easily become a developer or engineer but I find myself trying to understand how assembly language works or how the whole computing era started. Like all the way back to the abacus.
Pretty much, its like trying to be a biologist but I find myself trying to understand how subatomic particles work. It's not practical for life and having a job/degree. If I was an academic and had a money sure I would shut myself away and do some Newton eccentric thing, but I want to be productive.
I just need a book that LITERALLY goes from ground up.
There is a naïve arrogance deeply embedded within this line of questioning, which is particularly offensive because the degree to which you accept the foundation of everything else you've learned without questioning it. Did you construct the axioms for real numbers when learning elementary algebra? Do you understand the quantum mechanics at play in the weather cycle? Or even the fluid dynamics? You don't start at the bottom. You never have before. And do you know why? Because it's the wrong way to learn.
Xavier Gray
Stop trying to "study programming" and go actually do shit. Pick a retarded easy project to do, get a compiler and go fuck around, trying to get it to work, then fuck around with it more.
Gabriel Perry
>I just need a book that LITERALLY goes from ground up. There's a lot of chapters missing from that book, and to obtain a copy would cost more than your entire life.
Cameron Jenkins
>I just need a book that LITERALLY goes from ground up. It's called the Bible
Thank you for your response. The difference is, I don't care so much about nor did I when I was an adolescent when learning this things.
I have gone in in a whirlwind of existential questioning of morality/quantum mechanics/religion/and pretty much the fabric of reality which has taken much time from me. I don't want to do that.
I'm don't mean to come off hubris. But I was just wondering if there was a book any of you found that at least ties some fundamentals to contemporary ways. Cheers.
Thanks for the reply. And yes I have. I began in webdev, then c and then some boot camps but I just keep getting dragged in some wormhole that deviates me into some tangent on how something works which takes me away from the initial prospect.
I don't think it's possible to just go learn coding in 2022. Modern programmers do not work with a language on its own, they import useful libraries or combine languages to solve problems. Learning a programming language in 2022 is like learning how to make flour when the actual payoff comes when you combine flour and other things to make bread.
It seems you understand that at least, so what you need to do is use premade flour + other things while following a bread recipe. Don't reinvent the wheel- just do the easiest possible thing to make bread. Once you've made bread, work backwards to learn the individual pieces. And toy with the recipe like said.
Right now, you should be focused on what you intend to achieve, not how to do a part without an end goal. When you've figured out what you want to do, figure out the easiest possible way to succeed, then work backwards and go deeper.
Also, feeling frustrated or lost is perfectly normal. Getting hard-stuck and reconsidering a project happens all the time. Abandoning projects is a healthy solution sometimes. But giving up entirely is not the answer.
Only to find myself scrutinizing it. Why not the Torah or Quran. This is not related to tech but I did go through a weird faze of some Dr. Manhattan/Philosophy and quantum mechanics, praying in the cold night wondering the street trying to find it. All of which just didn't have practical benefit to my life apart from spiritual fortitude. Anyway thanks for the reply chad.
"The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles" might satisfy your autism. Should be able to find a used copy for cheap.
