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> And when it comes to personal growth as a programmer, I find it's just too easy to stack ready made libraries on top of libraries, without ever coding things from scratch.

This is working as intended. This is how everything should be.

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I think it is as well. Python is a batteries included language. But just like I have to hide my phone sometimes to get myself to use it less, I like to drop down into a language that is more niche so I'm less likely to find YouTube videos and Stack Overflow answers to my problems. I've found being forced to read the language reference, and just allowing myself to be stuck on a problem until I've thought my way out of it, helpful for my own personal growth. I don't have the discipline to do this in Python

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