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How to become a better programmer

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I was scrolling and came across this post, where the OP has shared how one can become a better programmer by using AI tools like Claude Code. The post says:

Here's how to become a better programmer in 2025 for $200/month:

  1. Find an open source project you like.
  2. Clone it locally.
  3. Get Claude Code Max ($200/month).
  4. Let Opus 4.1 loose on the codebase and have it explain to you how things work.

Repeat this process with different projects.

And I couldn't agree more with this.

I was discussing the same thing with my friend Amit Sarda only yesterday that instead of starting to learn programming from the start, it's better to learn while vibe coding.

I am definitely going to try this, maybe not with Claude Code, but with Cursor by simply asking to explain the codebase. And can also ask in detail about certain aspects of the codebase.

Update:

Below the same original post, someone shared another way to have the codebase explained in an easy-to-understand way. You just have to replace github.com with deepwiki.org in the URL, and it opens the explained version of the repo. However, this doesn't work on all public repositories, but definitely works on all popular repositories.

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