Every time you create a variable in your code you are doing algebra. Are you sure you are a programmer? I’ve been writing code for 30 years it is all a form of applied algebra.
You caught me. I’m not a programmer. I play a piano in a whorehouse in Richmond.
At least that is what I tell people when they ask me if I know anything about computers.
99% of code is putting something in a variable so you know what is in it. You don’t have to solve for it. If I want to know what is in it, I display it or stick a Watch on it.