Just realized my first 'real' program hit 100 lines and I was terrified of it

I've been learning Python for like 6 weeks now, mostly doing little exercises and copying tutorials. Yesterday I decided to build a simple expense tracker from scratch, no guide, just me and a blank file. After about an hour of typing and fixing errors, I noticed the line counter in my editor said 103. I literally froze because it felt like the jump from 'small practice stuff' to 'actual software' happened without warning. I kept staring at it like it might bite me, and then I accidentally broke it by moving one function wrong. It took me another 45 minutes to get it working again, and honestly that second time felt way better than the first. Has anyone else hit that weird moment where your own code suddenly feels too big to handle, even though it's tiny? How do you get over the mental block with bigger projects? I already want to add saving to a file but I'm scared to touch it.

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markh854d ago

Every project feels giant until you take the first step back into it.