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I'm a CS professor at a primarily undergraduate college. I teach our intro programming course most years and also teach upper-level classes in AI and software engineering. I've use…

All of my course materials are on GitHub: https://github.com/dansmyers The Programming with AI class is here: https://github.com/dansmyers/ProgrammingWithAI We're building it out a…

I'm a CS professor at an undergraduate college. I'm currently teaching a class on AI coding for non-programmers and also using Claude Code for all the projects in my upper level co…

If you're interested in ancient math, take a look at Eleanor Robson's accessible paper on the Plimpton 322 tablet: https://scispace.com/pdf/words-and-pictures-new-light-on-pli... R…

We use ARM in our computer organization classes. It's more accessible than x86 and allows you to get a feel for the important concepts of assembly: register-to-register operations,…

This piece by Simon Willison is a good overview. Covers setting expectations, having conversations about the project, context management, and then building an example using Claude …

To learn a folk style you really need a mentor that can connect you to the oral tradition. Rather than scales and technical exercises, focus on learning rhythm and complete pieces.…

I wouldn't worry too much about coming up with a "novel" idea on your own. Your advisor should help you select and refine a topic. That's a major part of their role. Published rese…

I'm a professor at an undergraduate college. I've supervised honors thesis projects and published papers and posters with students. You've got two main options for doing research a…

Pair with this complementary piece by W. David Marx: https://culture.ghost.io/cultural-stasis-produces-fewer-chee... He writes about incentives since the 1990s that have pushed art…

I'm a professor at a small college. I teach intro programming most semesters and we're now moving to using tools like Cursor with no restrictions in upper-level courses. "How do st…

I'm a tenured CS professor at a liberal arts college. I teach the entire curriculum, from intro programming up to senior-level electives. I'm currently teaching a "Programming with…

I have three sons in the 7-12 range, and I'm a professor at an undergraduate college that's done a lot on teaching with AI. We've let our kids play with LLMs by having conversation…