I had so much fun just opening my code editor and coding something by hand for no other reason than curiosity.

In a world full of AI coding agents, it felt really good to slow down, experiment, figure things out, and just enjoy writing code again.

Sometimes I forget how much I love programming for the sake of programming...

The 2026 Stack Overflow survey reports that 83% of developers search online for answers and 70% ask an AI agent, and 64% say they visit Stack Overflow less for simple questions.

When you're stuck as a learner, where do you start: search, an AI tool, a forum, a friend? Has the order changed in the past year, and what do you do to make sure you actually learn the answer?

Source (first comment): Stack Overflow 2026 survey post. Opened and verified: 83%, 70%, 64%.

I hope you find this resource useful and that it helps you better understand things when working on new projects!

TL; DR - A bone dry technical article about continuous integration, of little interest to non-programmers.