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Rant: Tutorials skip the part where your code silently fails
I spent last Saturday following a 20 minute beginner Python tutorial on file handling. The instructor made it look so easy. I copied the code exactly, checked my syntax three times, and still got a blank screen with no error message. After two hours of frustration, I realized the tutorial was written for an older library version. My install had a newer one that changed how the file open command behaves. Nobody tells beginners that version numbers matter or that packages update underneath you. I finally fixed it by checking the changelog on the official docs, but that took another hour of reading. Does anyone else feel like most tutorials should put the version and date right at the top so we know what we are getting into?
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