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110 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 OP 25 May 2022 \ parent \ on: @siggy47's bio bitcoin
I am interested in improving my tech abilities. I tried to teach myself a little python a few months back to help run my lightning node from the command line, but it's a slow go.
I realize this is about 16 months late at this point, but I was poking around on SN reading random stuff and saw this comment, thought I would suggest that perhaps something useful for your journey in attempting to learn python or get better acquainted with programming in general is to try using something like chatGPT or google's bard or "claude" (claude.ai), these are all free to use and are remarkably helpful for assisting you while you are trying to learn to code. Personally I would suggest getting your feet wet trying to learn something that is simple (but can be quite powerful) like bash scripting...if you're already comfortable using the command line to set up your lightning node, then you're likely already using bash anyway to a certain extent. If you're on Windows, you can install WSL (window subsystem for linux) super easily and have yourself an entire native Linux environment within the Windows OS, all you have to do is download something like Ubuntu or Debian from the Microsoft Store and run it...highly recommended.
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Thanks very much for this advice. As you said, it's been a while since I wrote that. More recently I wrote this post:
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It really has been an enjoyable journey. I can't say I'm proficient re Python. Not even close. I don't even try much anymore. I have discovered that it really isn't my thing anyway. The benefit is I can usually follow conversations here that get technical so I at least get the basic idea of what's being talked about.
Regarding Linux, I'm now completely hooked. I don't use windows at all anymore. I still use the old Ubuntu laptop, but my desktop has Nix OS which took me a while to grasp but I now find pretty easy and convenient.
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