Share your experience of How you use code to solve a real world problem? Or to simplify your life?

Question

We all are learning coding from one or another platform, most of us are learning to code for fun maybe for fetching jobs but the question in my mind is are we limited to developing blogs and games what we can do to solve real world problem or what you've done to bring peace and harmony or a smile on a face. Share your experience if you don't mind. thanks

Answer 1

I'd like to know the answer, but the social life and Javascript are strongly disagree between them. :3

I think programming is not related to "real problems", at least for me, i try to keep my code as clean as possible but in the "real life" i'm too lazy for improve my way to solve a problem.

I inserted "real life" in the quotes, because Javascript is not part of another life. :P

* Good question btw *

Answer 2

I use programming as much as possible. I downloaded a zip file containing over 5,000 files. needing only about 1,600 of them, my first Python script sorted them for me. My second python script changed all their file extensions from .gen to .bin.

I have made apps for my phone to store my work information. As a maintenance crew leader in a factory with over 200 pumps I often have to lookup information on them. My app lets me add new pump information, lookup stored pump information, and edit pump information. Once it was all done I have a copy to the other 3 crew leaders. My boss caught wind of it and after seeing it in action he wanted a copy. I told him no. He is an apple guy. I told him get an android and I would cut him a deal on a copy.

Various other things that would be useless to the rest of the world have helped make my personal needs much easier.

Answer 3

I've always loved solving mathematical problems using my programming skills. I feel it's a great way to improve my logic, make much cleaner, efficient code and at the same time, make stuff which can actually help someone.

Answer 4

My mom works as a telemarketer. I wrote a database program in Bash to get cold leads for her and prevent dups.

My friend has many .zip/rar/etc files from customers that unzip like so:
dir1/dir2/stuff
so wrote him a bash script to crawl from home and eliminate all empty dirs. He's a Windows fag so he moaned rather than thanking me and just using his Ubuntu laptop (sigh). I told him I'd rewrite it in Python if he paid me, lol.

Wrote a C program to automatically find patterns in my novel and change them.

Wrote a Bash script to control VLC via socket so I could setup shortcut keys in XFCE to control my media player.

Another Bash script was to alter my MAC address and device name so I could connect to my landlord's wifi without him knowing I had his password (I got the MACs and names of about 5 of his devices and connected as one of them at night, thus ensuring the logs showed his or his wife's phone or laptop connecting). That was before I left the dark side.

Wrote a password generator with an unbreakable "hashing" function in BASIC when I was still green. In hindsight it was lame, but it kept my logins secure before I evolved.

...The list goes on. Without coding, my life would have been difficult. This thread's made me realise just how much I automate things. Wow I'm gonna +1 it.

Answer 5

I used to be a legal assistant and automated the production of all my documents. I created a simple database containing all of my client's information and any contacts and other related data, used OpenXML with C# and built a desktop application that produced all my work for me. After creating this simple application I quit my job and pursued a career in software development. I earned my diploma in college and have been employed as a full stack developer for the last 3 years.