I’ve been spending my afternoons on the computer, trying out new coding challenges. It’s like solving puzzles but with numbers and symbols instead of pieces. Today, I started a project to make an automated calculator that can do addition and subtraction. It’s fun figuring out how to tell the computer what to do step by step.

I found this online tutorial that shows you how to build a simple interface where you can input numbers and get answers back. It’s a bit tricky because of all the brackets and quotation marks, but it’s slowly coming together. I tried to explain my progress to my neighbor, but she couldn’t understand why I was so focused on making a calculator.

I’m also trying out some different coding languages. Yesterday, I switched from Python to JavaScript for a bit, just because I wanted to explore something new. It feels like learning a new code language is like learning a secret language that lets you communicate with computers.

My fingers are typing fast as I try to remember the commands and symbols. Sometimes I get stuck on one line of code for hours, trying different things until it works. But when I finally see the results pop up on the screen after making all those changes, it feels really good. It’s like solving a mystery where the answer is staring back at me from the monitor.

Tonight, as soon as my parents are done with their work, we’ll be playing video games to take a break. But right now, I’m just happy to have some time to tinker and figure things out.