100 Days of code – 50% complete

Halfway done! For the past 5 days, I have been playing with Python and the pygame library. I started by making a copy of the old bouncing DVD logo, like in this clip from The Office: After that, I worked on making a model of the solar system, complete with the Moon orbiting the Earth. […]
by Donald Hohenstein / December 21, 2018 /In 100 Days of Code

100 Days of code – 45% complete

For the past few days, I’ve been pretty annoyed with coding. I’ve found that I’m dreading sitting down and coding for an hour. This is even harder on weekends, when I can procrastinate more. I think this is normal. This is partly due to where I am in my programming journey, and partly due to […]
by Donald Hohenstein / December 16, 2018 /In 100 Days of Code

100 Days of code – 40% complete

I’ve noticed a change over the past few days. I’ll sit down and struggle for about the first 5-10 minutes, like normal. Then, I’ll actually start to have fun! At the end of the hour, I’ll find myself wishing I could keep coding all day! This doesn’t mean I’m getting better, though. I haven’t really […]
by Donald Hohenstein / December 11, 2018 /In 100 Days of Code

100 Days of code – 35% complete

Day 35, and still going strong! I’m still programming every day, and I still feel challenged every day, but I feel like I’m at a plateau. I’m inclined to treat learning Python as a checklist – learn this concept, get comfortable with it, then move on to the next thing. Instead, I’ve been struggling with […]
by Donald Hohenstein / December 6, 2018 /In 100 Days of Code

100 Days of code – 30% complete

A whole month of code! I’ve seen so much progress already. Little things that used to take me 5-10 minutes are starting to be automatic. I feel like I’m spending a lot more time thinking about logic and actually coding, and less time debugging and researching. This probably means that I need to aim higher […]
by Donald Hohenstein / December 1, 2018 /In 100 Days of Code

100 Days of code – 25% complete

And just like that, I’m 25% done! What a time for a milestone! It’s always hard to prioritize coding during free time, but it’s especially difficult when you’re trying to spend time with family. In the past 5 days, I coded before driving down to my Mom’s house, after Thanksgiving dinner, and in the car […]
by Donald Hohenstein / November 26, 2018 /In 100 Days of Code

100 Days of code – 20% complete

I’ve been running into some problems in the last 5 days. I’ll work on a problem, run into something I don’t understand, hack at it for a while, realize I need to learn more about that topic, and move on to a different challenge. In one way it’s good, because I’m reaching the edge of […]
by Donald Hohenstein / November 21, 2018 /In 100 Days of Code

100 Days of code – 15% complete

Remember when you took statistics in high school and thought “When am I ever going to use this crap?” Well, I don’t. I never actually took statistics. Since Monday, I’ve been working on the following problem from PyBites Challenge 6: Predict when PyPI will have more than 200,000 packages. It’s really just a basic prediction […]
by Donald Hohenstein / November 15, 2018 /In 100 Days of Code

100 Days of code – 10% complete

I made it 10 days! Only 90 more to go! I’ve been coding for an hour every morning, before I go to work. I found when I was studying for my CCIE a couple years ago that I can’t reliably work on something every single day in the evenings. So, every morning, I wake up […]
by Donald Hohenstein / November 10, 2018 /In 100 Days of Code

100 Days of code – 5% complete

Hello world! I’m Donald Hohenstein, and I started the 100 days of code challenge on November 1st, 2018. For those of you who don’t know about 100 days of code, you can find more info here: https://www.100daysofcode.com/ I’ve always wanted to learn how to program, but I haven’t really made it a long term priority. […]
by Donald Hohenstein / November 5, 2018 /In 100 Days of Code