[Kaveren]

The better alternative is just to learn thoroughly and apply knowledge as much as you can. You can explore without guesswork.

[datameta]

I have to chorus GP. Learning by doing before I have a great understanding or perhaps sometimes far earlier (of course talking about studies on my own time) makes me think through the how and why more thoroughly partly because there is a tanglible goal of getting the piece of code to function as intended versus a more nebulous guess at having understood or not.

[beowulfey]

I honestly think we’re talking about doing the same thing.