Old Man Learns to Code

I like what one YT Python lecturer says about "Knowing it All". You need to accept that you will NEVER know it all. You need to trust that the research tools you have used thus far to tackle problems will be there for you in the future to help you get through those unknown future obstacles. There are moments of grief when I think about my comparatively slow rate of progress (as an Old Man Learning to Code) and the fact that, indeed, I will never reach the mountain top. I will never know it all (that is, err, not only about Python, HTML, CSS, Javascript, VBA, AHK, Bash, GitHub, etc, but also about an infinite number of other things to be grasped in a lifetime). But there is no choice but to accept. I am finite. My brain is finite and small. I just need to humble myself and accept. So getting back to the goal of this blog: Keeping a log of my progress and set backs in learning to code. Today's problem is nested functions; that is, function calls inside of other fu...

  I 'm still at journey's start (a Python beginner) with miles to go before I reach the foothills leading to the mountain top. Along the way, I keep stumbling across more advanced tutorials that --one day-- I should go back to and learn from. Like these ones for example:  (p.s. music to chill to here ) [Last updated: 02/17/2026 AM here     VRF appended to end of page] Table of Contents (ToC)/ Index ?   to specific topics: [under construction] (a) OOP  here here here here here here  (b) Decorators  here  here  here  here  here  here  (c) Descriptors .... more ... (1) Google search results for "advanced python tutorials" (videos) ==> ( here ) and more specifically in the following links: (2.0)  ArjanCode s -- Playlist --Software Design in Python     ---^^^--  The Ultimate Guide to Writing Functions     ---^^^--  Clean Python Code with the Registry Design Patter...

 I t's not uncommon to see a newbie complaining on Reddit ( see example here ) about the "frustrating feeling" of making essentially no progress in learning Python. If I volunteer an encouraging response post for that newbie, it will often include a spiel about climbing along the left side of the grph of an exponential function where the slope is near zero, but nonetheless positive, and thus they are making progress. I tell them that one day they will advance much closer to the right side of the curve, cross the x=0 marker, and then their wings will unfold; they will soar into the stratosphere. The promised payoff will come. Just have faith and keep going. Don't give up when you hit a valley of despair. So what about me? Have I made any progress? Is some form of payoff finally showing up for me? (I'm still a relative newbie myself with a long way to go. It's been a few months since I started learning Python. At first I was thrilled if I could make even the ...