What was the smallest python hobby project you worked on? (sh.itjust.works)

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I have a feeling I'm stuck in tutorial hell, and I need to start actually building things. But I don't know where to start :/

Also I'm really bad at syntax. I only know concepts like for loops, while loops, if-elif-elses, etc...

So maybe something that helps me learn more about coding syntax would be helpful.

Thanks!

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[-] crunchpaste@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago

One of the first small projects I worked on when i was starting with python was a telegram birthday reminder bot as i really didn't want to rely on Facebook for that. At first I was just looping over all the entries in a list, then went to a database, at some point added fuzzy search, adding and removing entries. Still use it today.

Imo the best way to learn is to think of a project that you personally find useful and need solved for yourself, not some abstract exercise.

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