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by csmeyer 3y ago
Wow, thanks for all the feedback! I agree that expression level editing can get pretty cumbersome at times, it's the biggest design challenge in the editor I think. One thing we may add is a toggle to edit expressions in plain text and
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by csmeyer 3y ago
Nice idea! Adding a ticket for it
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by csmeyer 3y ago
Thanks, tim! charlie@pickcode.io whenever you have feedback
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by csmeyer 3y ago
$5/month for unlimited lessons. That fact should be put on the landing page, it's on the todo list
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by csmeyer 3y ago
Click the “Home” button on the sidebar while logged in and you’ll see a new project button. The sidebar might be default hidden on mobile
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by csmeyer 3y ago
Will do
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by csmeyer 3y ago
Functions are at least first class! We have map and filter on lists, for example. I'd love to add some more advanced curriculum that focuses on teaching a more functional style.
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Show HN: New visual language for teaching kids to code(pickcode.io)
420 points by csmeyer 3y ago|170 comments
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Show HN: New language for teaching kids to code(pickcode.io)
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We Should Still Teach Kids to Code(blog.charliemeyer.co)
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On Hitting $100 MRR(blog.charliemeyer.co)
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by csmeyer 3y ago
Jumping on the license plate topic, here’s a post I put up in 2022 on the distribution of letters/numbers in Massachusetts plates https://blog.charliemeyer.co/mathematical-theory-of-license-...
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by csmeyer 3y ago
I post about coding education and some other miscellaneous math/tech things here: https://blog.charliemeyer.co
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by csmeyer 3y ago
This comment should be a post itself!
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by csmeyer 3y ago
Maybe I wasn't clear in the article. 100% is a nominal goal (give everyone a chance!) but obviously not everyone will like it and that's not a problem.
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by csmeyer 3y ago
I had no particular plan, my point in that sentence was that 2 years was on the shorter end of the distribution of how long I expected to stay. I'm leaving now because I think I can make a bigger impact on student learning building a p
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Two years of teaching high school CS(blog.charliemeyer.co)
377 points by csmeyer 3y ago|247 comments
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Keeping Software Soft(cbh.bearblog.dev)
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Paralysed man walks with device that connects brain, spinal cord(aljazeera.com)
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by csmeyer 3y ago
This link: https://type.method.ac/# on the page is absolutely fantastic. You have to drag letters until the kerning is proper. Will be checking out the rest of the resources soon!
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Microsoft just made a far-from-certain bet on nuclear fusion(theverge.com)
8 points by csmeyer 3y ago|3 comments
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The Affogato Approach to Teaching Programming(blog.charliemeyer.co)
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by csmeyer 3y ago
I made Pickcode, where kids can make chatbots and graphic designs using a hybrid visual/text programming language. https://app.pickcode.io/courses has 5 lessons (todo: make many more), I would say the ones listed as be
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Climate Tech Checklist(caseyhandmer.wordpress.com)
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Humans Need Training Data Too: Teaching with GPT-4(blog.charliemeyer.co)
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by csmeyer 4y ago
What projects do your kids complete on replit? Are they following youtube tutorials or first party content from replit?
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by csmeyer 4y ago
When people use scratch with their kids, what tutorials do they follow? Do they try and figure things out from first principles, or are their popular content creators who make stuff? How do people transition their kids from scratch to Pytho
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Chess, Free Will, and LLMs(blog.charliemeyer.co)
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Teaching is More than Dominoes(blog.charliemeyer.co)
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by csmeyer 4y ago
Also moved in to teaching high school CS. It's hard but the kids are great. I've found that it's a lot less about doing a great job explaining loops or whatever and more about mentorship and getting kids excited about the top

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