do you actually learn anything about the #PLTheory or #programming by developing a working and existing coebase ?I am be...

do you actually learn anything about the #PLTheory or #programming by developing a working and existing coebase ?I am beginning to doubt this learning by breaking things pedagogy , yes its pattern recognition, rote labor and debugging by #rtfm , but does it qualify as academic knowledge, I am don't mean the pedantic way , but does it really bring any clarity about why you did what you did, does this solve he problem ?#ai