Most of the challenge in writing code is in understanding the problem you&#x27;re trying to solve. Not the act of entering statements into editors.<p>Yes it&#x27;s important to know the capabilites of your language and deployment stack -- but that just requires study, which in my mind is different from practice. I&#x27;ve never found that coding well required the sort of intense dedication that learning to play an instrument well, or play a sport well, requires.