# Self-Taught For all the vibe coders whose apps crashed — and are now learning how to code. Page: Feed: --- ## [Reset button](https://adrianavanegas.substack.com/p/reset-button) _2024-12-01 · Adriana Vanegas_ RE: your well-intentioned, often-abandoned goals ## [WEEK 12: APIs & the Cheesecake Factory](https://adrianavanegas.substack.com/p/week-12-apis-and-the-cheesecake-factory) _2024-10-02 · Adriana Vanegas_ Learning Python feels like the Cheesecake Factory menu. ## [WEEK 11: Eternal Beginner Syndrome](https://adrianavanegas.substack.com/p/week-11-virtual-environments) _2024-09-07 · Adriana Vanegas_ Virtual environments aren't just for "real" software engineers ## [3 Not-So-Lame Projects for Your First 3 Weeks of Python](https://adrianavanegas.substack.com/p/3-not-so-lame-projects-for-your-first) _2024-08-24 · Adriana Vanegas_ "Silly" projects are not silly after all. ## [WEEK 09-10: My Irrational Fear of Pandas](https://adrianavanegas.substack.com/p/my-irrational-fear-of-pandas) _2024-08-18 · Adriana Vanegas_ Every week, I make a visual map of my learning journey — I share what I learn, how I learned it, and how you can too. ## [WEEK 08: Open Letter to Copy-Paste](https://adrianavanegas.substack.com/p/week-08-open-letter-to-copy-paste) _2024-08-10 · Adriana Vanegas_ It's 2024. Why are we still copying and pasting? ## [I'm faking it](https://adrianavanegas.substack.com/p/im-faking-it) _2024-08-04 · Adriana Vanegas_ Confession time... ## [WEEK 06-07: Learning Python](https://adrianavanegas.substack.com/p/week-6-7-learning-python) _2024-07-27 · Adriana Vanegas_ What is object-oriented programming in Python? ## [What changed?](https://adrianavanegas.substack.com/p/what-changed) _2024-07-20 · Adriana Vanegas_ 2 years ago: I tried learning Python for a week. Then I gave up. ## [WEEK 05: Learning Python](https://adrianavanegas.substack.com/p/week-5-learning-python) _2024-07-13 · Adriana Vanegas_ Pushing through the Valley of Despair ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/iXaSoAZhOqBl) _2024-07-13 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [Week 04: Learning Python](https://adrianavanegas.substack.com/p/week-04-learning-python) _2024-07-06 · Adriana Vanegas_ The python project that had me questioning if I had learned anything at all ## [Week 03: How to use GitHub](https://adrianavanegas.substack.com/p/week-03-how-to-use-github) _2024-06-29 · Adriana Vanegas_ Learning how to use GitHub as a complete beginner ## [WEEK 02: Learning Python](https://adrianavanegas.substack.com/p/week-02-learning-python) _2024-06-22 · Adriana Vanegas_ Week 2 of Learning Python as a Beginner: For loops, lists, variables, while loops, if statements ## [WEEK 01: Learning Python](https://adrianavanegas.substack.com/p/week-01-learning-python) _2024-06-15 · Adriana Vanegas_ How to make an emoji land using Python ## [📍 in learning rehab](https://adrianavanegas.substack.com/p/in-learning-rehab) _2024-06-08 · Adriana Vanegas_ How to learn as an adult ## [Greater than 0%](https://adrianavanegas.substack.com/p/greater-than-0) _2024-03-24 · Adriana Vanegas_ the mental chart I've been thinking about ## [the question you'll get on Monday](https://adrianavanegas.substack.com/p/the-question-youll-get-on-monday) _2024-03-16 · Adriana Vanegas_ what you do today and tomorrow matters ## [The research I can't stop thinking about](https://adrianavanegas.substack.com/p/the-research-i-cant-stop-thinking) _2024-03-10 · Adriana Vanegas_ Poll: I believe I'm generally a lucky or unlucky person