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Programming tasks can often be simplified to text processing and data mapping. Whether it's generating queries in ORM, writing a code highlighter, handling console commands, routing HTTP requests, or building template engines, the core activities involve transforming and moving text data. Recognizing this can help make seemingly complex problems more manageable.

It's all just text

Realizing this helped me a lot when I was struggling with relatively abstract concepts like webservers or protocols.

Or just 1s and 0s if you are more low level :)

I’ve found that breaking down complex problems into simple text processing tasks has been a game-changer for me, especially when working with APIs and data integration - it’s amazing how much easier it gets when you strip away the abstraction and focus on the raw text 😊.

That’s how I am viewing programming the last three years. Helps when you try to think of new ways of handling the processing and data while trying to keep it simple