Solveit – A course and platform for solving problems with code

Post by nice_byte » Thu, Oct 02, 2025, 11:03 PM UTC

Post by eries » Thu, Oct 02, 2025, 11:06 PM UTC

  Being among the first 1000 people to experience SolveIt has felt like witnessing the early days of a significant shift in how we work with AI. As someone who is a seasoned programmer, I have seen many programming paradigms and the advance of AI coding tools. What makes SolveIt different is not just another tool or framework - it is a fundamental rethinking of the human-AI relationship.

  As I look at my experience with SolveIt, I think this is a better more sustainable approach to AI-assisted development. The current trend of ever more powerful models generating ever larger blocks of code feels unsustainable. SolveIt offers a different path. By maintaining human agency, working in comprehensible increments and building genuine understanding at each step, it creates a positive feedback loop where both human and AI capabilities grow stronger over time. This represents a partnership model that builds competence over time rather than creating dependence.
  
  The implications extend far beyond programming. Whether I am implementing computer vision algorithms, exploring culinary science, or writing technical articles - the same principles apply. Small steps, continuous understanding, iterative refinement and always keeping the human as the agent in the process.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Oct 02, 2025, 11:07 PM UTC

hansmayer wrote: post #20

Without the intent of hijacking whatever it is you are trying to achieve: I've found the best antidote to the AI-fatigue is to rely less on it. There is no way I am going to spend my day, or my employees day for that matter in reviewing thousands of LoC of bad AI-slop. In my teams we've dialed it back to just consulting mode and asking suggestions,e.g. replacement for good old search, because once you ask the GenAI t…

Post by pedalpete » Thu, Oct 02, 2025, 11:13 PM UTC

Yenrabbit wrote: post #15

pedalpete wrote: post #12

I'm sure I'm not the only one confused by this, but can you give details on why you decided that a course was necessary to learn this new way of working with AI? Maybe it's more of a alpha thing, but with millions using chatbots every day, was it not possible to develop a UI? It's not just about adoption, who has the time to spend 5 weeks learning a new tool? Particularly when you're competing with the existing tools…

We made the tool, and that will eventually be available on its own. But the method requires some discipline and 'unlearning'. It's very hard to show someone an AI tool and not have them treat it just like ChatGPT/Claude/... - that's the part that takes the time, and having a community of people working through different examples and case studies together is a lot more motivating for this than just staring at an empty…

Post by eries » Thu, Oct 02, 2025, 11:16 PM UTC

pedalpete wrote: post #37

Yenrabbit wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We made the tool, and that will eventually be available on its own. But the method requires some discipline and 'unlearning'. It's very hard to show someone an AI tool and not have them treat it just like ChatGPT/Claude/... - that's the part that takes the time, and having a community of people working through different examples and case studies together is a lot more motivating for this than just staring at an empty…

That's a good explanation, but I think the expectation when someone says they are "launching something" that is an antidote to AI fatigue, it may be better to say it's a course and a methodology. You aren't launching a tool.